Beechwold Chester
Beechwold Chester (foaled 1906) was a stallion owned by the United States Army Remount for breeding purposes.
Beechwold Chester was an American Saddlebred descended from Denmark. He was foaled in 1906 by Molly Nicoll, and sired by Happy Dare II.
In adulthood, Beechwold Chester stood {{hands|16}} tall and weighed 1,150 pounds.{{cite news|last1=Bell|first1=G. Arthur|title=Horses for the Army|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qQMiAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA33|work=Country Life|date=July 1917}}
From 1913 to 1917 Beechwold Chester was posted to Leitchfield, Kentucky.{{cite book|last1=Reese|first1=H.H.|title=Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture|date=1918|publisher=U.S. Department of Agriculture|pages=341–350|url=https://naldc.nal.usda.gov/download/IND43843095/}}{{dead link|date=June 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} There, he earned a solid reputation as a sire and was featured in a number of articles in horse enthusiast publications.{{cite news|title=Horse Breeding by the United States Government|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lE85AQAAMAAJ|accessdate=July 16, 2017|work=Show Horse Chronicle|date=April 4, 1917}} He was attributed in one report as "perhaps the best type of Denmark in Kentucky" during the late 1910s.{{cite news |last1=Fentress |first1=Jason |title=Beechwold Chester |work=Leitchfield Gazette |date=April 6, 1917}}