Prince Palatine
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| Prince Palatine | |
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- Prince Palatine, 1920 - |
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| Sire | Persimmon |
| Grandsire | St. Simon |
| Dam | Lady Lightfoot |
| Damsire | Isinglass |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1908 |
| Country | Ireland  |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | William Hall Walker |
| Owner | Thomas Pilkington Jack B. Joel |
| Trainer | Henry Beardsley |
| Record | 21:11-6-1 |
| Earnings | $184,555 |
| Major Racing Wins, Awards and Honours | |
| Major Racing Wins | |
| Imperial Produce Plate (1910) St. Leger Stakes (1911) Eclipse Stakes (1912) Jockey Club Stakes (1912) Ascot Gold Cup (1912 &1913) Doncaster Cup (1913) Coronation Cup (1913) |
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| Racing Awards | |
| British Horse of the Year (1912 & 1913) | |
| Infobox 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 at age two, Prince Palantine won three of his six starts. At age three, he began to improve and by September was in top form, winning the St. Leger Stakes by 6 lengths. Prince Palatine was the dominant horse in British racing in 1912 and 1913. Near the end of the 1913 racing season he was sold for a then record price of £45,000 to Jack B. Joel to stand at stud at Childwickbury Stud in St. Albans, Hertfordshire.
Although Prince Palantine had a less than stellar stud career in England, he did sire Rose Prince who in turn produced the Belgian racing star Prince Rose, the sire of the important Princequillo. Among Prince Rose's other descendants are Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner, Canonero II, and British Horse of the Year winners, Brigadier Gerard and Mill Reef.
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.
