High Chaparral is a racehorse, winner of the Epsom Derby in 2002, and the winner of the Breeders' Cup Turf in 2002 and 2003 (dead-heating in the latter).

High Chaparral failed to make a winning debut, beaten by a short-head in a maiden at Punchestown. He went on to win twice as a two year old, including the Group 1 Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster. After winning a couple of prominent Derby trials the following season, he was set on course for the 2002 Epsom Derby, where he would take on stablemate Hawk Wing, an unlucky second in the 2,000 Guineas, and Bandari, who had won the Lingfield Derby Trial by over ten lengths. The race proved to be of the two-horse variety, with the O'Brien pair duking it out, and High Chaparral proving Hawk Wing's better by a couple of lengths. The two were twelve lengths clear of the field.

High Chaparral went on to win the Irish Derby, and bounced back from a disappointing third place in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe by winning the Breeders' Cup Turf. Contrary to the trend of retiring three year old champions, High Chaparral was kept in training at four, winning the Irish Champion Stakes from Falbrav at Leopardstown, but once again failing in the Arc. Once again, however, he bounced back to win the Breeders' Cup Turf, dead-heating with Johar (Falbrav a close 3rd).

He was voted the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Male Turf Horse in 2002 and 2003.

High Chaparral currently stands at Coolmore Stud, with his 2006 fee set at €25,000. In the Northern Hemisphere winter he stands at Windsor Park Stud in New Zealand, for a fee of NZ$22,000. His first crop will be of racing age in 2007.

The High Chaparral was a Western-themed television series which aired on NBC from 1967 to 1971. The show was created by David Dortort, who had previously created the hit Bonanza for the network. Theme song was also written and conducted by Bonanza scorer David Rose.

The show starred Leif Erickson as "Big" John Cannon, a rancher who lived in the Arizona Territory in the 1870s. He ran the ranch with his brother Buck (Cameron Mitchell) and son Billy Blue (Mark Slade). Billy Blue's mother (Joan Caulfield) was killed in the first episode, and to ensure his future, John Cannon courted and later married Victoria (Linda Cristal), the daughter of the powerful Don Sebastián Montoya. His marriage to Victoria Montoya brought her brother Manolito (Henry Darrow) into the picture, and he also came to live with the family.

The High Chaparral was Dortort's brainchild, and he left the day-to-day running of Bonanza in the spring of 1967 so he could focus all of his energies on The High Chaparral. After the show's cancellation in 1971, Dortort did not return to Bonanza, but retired instead.

The Cannon family runs the High Chaparral Ranch in the Arizona Territory in 1870s. Big John wants to establish his cattle empire despite Indian hostility. He's aided by brother Buck and son Billy Blue. When Blue's mother was killed (in the first episode) John united his family with the powerful Montoyas by marrying their daughter Victoria (whose brother Manolito now lives with them as well). Written by Ed Stephan