Royal King (horse)

Royal King
Breed Quarter Horse
Discipline Cutting
Sire King P-234
Grandsire Zantanon
Dam Rocket Laning
Maternal grandsire Dolph
Sex Stallion
Foaled 1943
Country United States
Color Sorrel
Other awards
AQHA Performance Register of Merit, AQHA Superior Cutting Horse, NCHA Reserve World Champion, NCHA Silver Award, NCHA Bronze Award
Honors
American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
Last updated on: January 12, 2008.

Royal King was an outstanding cutting stallion and Quarter horse sire from the early days of the American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA).[1]

Life

Royal King was a 1943 sorrel stallion registered with the AQHA as number 2392. He was bred by Felton Smathers of Llano, Texas and owned at the time of registration by Whiteside and Albin of Sipe Springs, Texas. His sire was King P-234 and his dam was an mare named Rocket Laning that was eventually registered with the AQHA as number 39,024. She was sired by Dolph, and out of an unregistered mare named Cricket sired by Coldy.[2] Rocket Laning was a double descendant of Yellow Jacket, so Royal King had three lines to Yellow Jacket, since King also traced once to Yellow Jacket.[3]

In his show career, he earned a Performance Register of Merit and a Superior Cutting Horse award from the AQHA.[4] With the National Cutting Horse Association (or NCHA) he earned $24,003.19 in cutting competition, entitling him to a NCHA Certificate of Ability, and Bronze and Silver awards.[5]

He sired, among others, Miss Nancy Bailey, Major King, Royal Chess, Royal Jazzy, and Sketer Conway.[6] Three of his daughters produced offspring that earned a Race Register of Merit with the AQHA.[7] His offspring Miss Nancy Bailey and Royal Chess were inducted into the NCHA Hall of Fame.[8] Miss Nancy Bailey was the 1952 and 1953 AQHA High Point Cutting Horse, and Royal Lightning was the 1963 AQHA High Point Western Pleasure Stallion. Royal Chess was the Youth AQHA World Champion Cutting Horse.[6]

He was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame.[9]

Pedigree

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Traveler
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Little Joe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jenny
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Zantanon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Billy by Big Jim
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jeanette
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
mare by Sykes' Rondo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
King P-234
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yellow Jacket
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Strait Horse
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gardner quarter mare
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jabalina
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Traveler
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
mare by Traveler
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
unknown
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Royal King
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yellow Jacket
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cremo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
unknown
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dolph
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
King by One Eyed Kingfisher
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mamie
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
unknown
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rocket Laning
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yellow Jacket
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Coldy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
unknown
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cricket
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
unknown
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rose
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
unknown
 
 
 
 
 
 

Notes

  1. ↑ Swan Legends 3 p.62-75
  2. ↑ AQHA Official Stud Book and Registry Combined 1-5 p. 157
  3. ↑ All Breed Pedigree Pedigree of Royal King retrieved on June 26, 2007
  4. ↑ Wagoner Quarter Horse Reference 1974 Edition p. 604
  5. ↑ NCHA Earnings for Royal King retrieved on July 5, 2007
  6. 1 2 Pitzer The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires p. 108-109
  7. ↑ Wagoner Quarter Racing Digest p. 1038
  8. ↑ NCHA Hall of Fame retrieved on July 5, 2007
  9. ↑ AQHA Hall of Fame

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