Prince Palatine
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| Prince Palatine | |
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St. Leger Stakes (1911) Eclipse Stakes (1912) Jockey Club Stakes (1912) Ascot Gold Cup (1912, 1913) Doncaster Cup (1912) Coronation Cup (1913) | |
| Awards | |
| British Horse of the Year (1912, 1913) | |
| Last updated on September 26, 2006 |
Prince Palatine (1908–1924) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse. He was named for County Palatine of Lancaster near where his breeder William Hall Walker had been raised.
Racing career
Racing at age two, Prince Palatine won three of his six starts. At age three, he began to improve and by September was in top form, winning the
St. Albans, Hertfordshire
.
Stud career
Although Prince Palatine had a less than stellar stud career in England, he did sire
Triple Crown winner Affirmed, his great rival and influential sire Alydar, the only horse ever to run second in the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes, and Native Dancer, winner of the Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes, Alysheba, winner of the Preakness Stakes and Kentucky Derby, as well as American Horse of the Year winners Curlin and Cigar
, the #1 and #2 money winners of all time.
Export
Jack B. Joel eventually sold him to Louis Jean Decazes of the Haras d'Ouilly in France. In 1920, his French owner sold him to the Xalapa Farm of Edward Francis Simms in Paris, Kentucky. Prince Palatine remained in the United States for the rest of his life, dying in a 1924 stable fire. He is buried at Xalapa Farm.[1]
Gresely A3 Pacific
No. 60052 Prince Palatine
was named after this horse.
References
- ^ Martiniak, Liz. "Grave Matters: Xalapa Farm, Paris, Kentucky". Thoroughbred Heritage. Retrieved 30 April 2020.