Royal Palace (horse)

Royal Palace
Sire	Ballymoss
Grandsire	Mossborough
Dam	Crystal Palace
Damsire	Solar Slipper
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1964
Country	Great Britain
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Jim Joel
Owner	Jim Joel
Trainer	Noel Murless
Record	11: 9-0-1
Earnings	₤166,063^[1]
Major wins
Acomb Stakes (1966) Royal Lodge Stakes (1966) 2000 Guineas Stakes (1967) Epsom Derby (1967) Coronation Stakes (1968) Coronation Cup (1968) Prince of Wales's Stakes (1968) Eclipse Stakes (1968) King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (1968)
Last updated on July 26, 2008

Royal Palace (1964–1991) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse. In a racing career which lasted from June 1966 until July 1968 he ran eleven times and won nine races. After being rated the best English-trained two-year-old of 1966, he won the first two legs of the Triple Crown, the 2000 Guineas and the Epsom Derby in 1967. He returned for an unbeaten four-year-old season in 1968 when he won four races which are now Group One events.

Background

Royal Palace was a dark-coated bay horse with a white star and one white foot, bred and raced by Jim Joel, whose father and uncle were both major forces in British horse racing. He was sired by Ballymoss, the leading European racehorse of 1958 and a grandson of one of the most influential stallions in history, Nearco. His dam Crystal Palace was a successful racemare who won the Falmouth Stakes and the Nassau Stakes in 1959. She was also an important broodmare, producing Prince Consort (Princess of Wales's Stakes), Selhurst, (Hardwicke Stakes) and Glass Slipper, the dam of the Classic winners Light Cavalry, (St. Leger Stakes) and Fairy Footsteps, 1000 Guineas.^[2] Joel sent the colt into training with Noel Murless at his Warren Place stables in Newmarket, Suffolk.

Racing career

1966: two-year-old season

Royal Palace made his first racecourse appearance in the Coventry Stakes over six furlongs at Royal Ascot in June. He showed good early speed before finishing unplaced behind the Irish colt Bold Lad. After a break of two months, Royal Palace reappeared at the Ebor meeting at York Racecourse, where he won the Acomb Stakes. On his final run of the year, the colt returned to Ascot for the Royal Lodge Stakes over one mile. He was left behind at the start and was still in last place on the final turn, but then quickened past his opponents to win by one and a half lengths from Slip Stitch. In the Free Handicap, an assessment of the year's best two-year-olds, Royal Palace was ranked second, three pounds below Bold Lad.

1967: three-year-old season

Royal Palace made his three-year-old debut in the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket, for which he started 100/30 joint-favourite with Bold Lad in a field of eighteen runners. He was not impressive in the paddock before the race, as he appeared to be agitated and was sweating freely. Ridden by the Australian Racing Hall of Fame jockey George Moore, he challenged for the lead in the final quarter mile and won by a short head from the French-trained colt Taj Dewan. The race was the first British Classic to use starting stalls. The victory was reportedly well-received owing to the popularity of Jim Joel, who was winning his first classic since Royal Palace's great-grandam Picture Play won the 1000 Guineas in 1944.^[3] At Epsom Downs Racecourse on 7 June, Royal Palace started 7/4 favourite for the Derby. An unusual feature of the build-up to the race was the huge public gamble on the outsider El Mighty, who was backed from odds of 200/1 to 25/1 after a Peterborough shopkeeper claimed to have seen the horse winning in a dream.^[4] El Mighty led the field into the straight, but Royal Palace was always well placed and took the lead two furlongs from the finish. He won by two and a half lengths, defeating Charles Engelhard, Jr.'s, Ribocco with Dart Board two lengths further back in third.^[5]

Having won the first two legs of the Triple Crown, Royal Palace missed the important summer championship races to be prepared for the St Leger at Doncaster Racecourse. In August he sustained an injury which forced him to miss his trial race in the Great Voltigeur Stakes at York. He fell behind in his preparation and worked badly a week before the St Leger, leading his connections to withdraw him from the race. He returned for the Champion Stakes over ten furlongs at Newmarket in October, but failed to reproduce his best form, finishing third behind Reform and Taj Dewan.

1968: four-year-old season

In 1968 the teenager Sandy Barclay replaced Moore and Royal Palace was undefeated in five races. He began by winning the Coronation Stakes at Sandown in May. He then won the Coronation Cup at Epsom and the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot.

In July, returned to Sandown for an exceptionally strong renewal of the Eclipse Stakes, in which his opponents included Taj Dewan and the 1968 Derby winner Sir Ivor, who started the 4/5 favourite. The race has been compared to the 1903 Eclipse, in which the Derby winners Ard Patrick and Rock Sand were opposed by the outstanding racemare Sceptre.^[6] Taj Dewan took the lead in the straight, and although Royal Palace produced a strong finish he appeared to have narrowly failed to catch the leader. The photo-finish, however, revealed that he had prevailed by a short-head from Taj Dewan, with Sir Ivor in three-quarters of a length behind in third. The race was rated forty-eighth in the Racing Post's 2005 listing of the "100 Greatest Races".^[7] On his final start, Royal Palace contested the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot. His main rival was expected to be Ribero, who had defeated Sir Ivor in the Irish Derby. In the straight Royal Palace sustained an injury to the suspensory ligament in his left foreleg, but stayed on to win by half a length from Felicio, with the future Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Topyo in third and Ribero fourth. The injury ended his racing career and he was retired to stud.^[8]

Assessment and honours

Despite his successes, Royal Palace was never voted British Horse of the Year, being beaten by Busted in 1967 and Sir Ivor in 1968. He was given a relatively modest Timeform rating of 131.

Stud career

As a stallion, Royal Palace was owned jointly by Jim Joel, Hon. Lady Macdonald-Buchanan, and Lord Howard de Walden.^[1] Royal Palace sired some good winners, but his overall record was disappointing. His best flat runner was Dunfermline, winner of the 1977 Epsom Oaks and St. Leger Stakes for her owner, Queen Elizabeth II. Royal Palace later sired the triple Champion Hurdler, See You Then.

In 1991, at The National Stud near Newmarket, Suffolk in England, the twenty-seven-year-old Royal Palace was euthanized as a result of infirmities from old age. He is buried in The National Stud's horse cemetery.^[9]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Royal Palace, bay stallion 1964^[10]
Sire Ballymoss	Mossborough	Nearco	Pharos
		Nearco	Nogara
		All Moonshine	Bobsleigh
		All Moonshine	Selene
	Indian Call	Singapore	Gainsborough
		Singapore	Tetrabazzia
		Flittermere	Buchan
		Flittermere	Keysoe
Dam Crystal Palace	Solar Slipper	Windsor Slipper	Windsor Lad
		Windsor Slipper	Carpet Slipper
		Solar Flower	Solario
		Solar Flower	Serena
	Queen of Light	Borealis	Brumeux
		Borealis	Aurora
		Picture Play	Donatello
		Picture Play	Amuse (Family: 1-s^[2])

References

1 2 Biggar, Allan (ed.), The Stallion Review 1977
1 2 "Web - Family 1-s". Bloodlines.net. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
↑ "Royal Palace Derby favourite after Guineas victory". Glasgow Herald. 4 May 1967. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
↑ "Moore has to give reason". The Age. 9 June 1967. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
↑ "Royal Palace wins 188th Epsom Derby". Edmonton Journal. 7 June 1967. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
↑ "Royal Palace snatches crown.". Thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
↑ "100 greatest races: Heroics from history and battles to savour.". Thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
↑ "King George head-to-heads: Crippled Royal Palace left Ribero for dead". Thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
↑ "Grave Matters National Stud". Tbheritage.com. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
↑ "English Derby Winner: Royal Palace". Chef-de-race.com. Retrieved 2012-06-14.

External links

British Pathé Newsreel of Royal Palace winning the 1967 Epsom Derby

2000 Guineas winners

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Legend - ₩ = Triple Crown Winners, ♥ = Filly

Epsom Derby winners

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Legend - ₩ = Triple Crown Winners, ♥ = Filly

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes winners

1951 Supreme Court 1952 Tulyar 1953 Pinza 1954 Aureole 1955 Vimy 1956 Ribot 1957 Montaval 1958 Ballymoss 1959 Alcide 1960 Aggressor 1961 Right Royal 1962 Match 1963 Ragusa 1964 Nasram 1965 Meadow Court 1966 Aunt Edith ♥ 1967 Busted 1968 Royal Palace 1969 Park Top ♥ 1970 Nijinsky 1971 Mill Reef 1972 Brigadier Gerard 1973 Dahlia ♥ 1974 Dahlia ♥ 1975 Grundy 1976 Pawneese 1977 The Minstrel 1978 Ile de Bourbon 1979 Troy 1980 Ela-Mana-Mou 1981 Shergar 1982 Kalaglow 1983 Time Charter ♥ 1984 Teenoso 1985 Petoski 1986 Dancing Brave 1987 Reference Point 1988 Mtoto 1989 Nashwan 1990 Belmez 1991 Generous 1992 St Jovite 1993 Opera House 1994 King's Theatre 1995 Lammtarra 1996 Pentire 1997 Swain 1998 Swain 1999 Daylami 2000 Montjeu 2001 Galileo 2002 Golan 2003 Alamshar 2004 Doyen 2005 Azamour 2006 Hurricane Run 2007 Dylan Thomas 2008 Duke of Marmalade 2009 Conduit 2010 Harbinger 2011 Nathaniel 2012 Danedream ♥ 2013 Novellist 2014 Taghrooda ♥ 2015 Postponed

Legend - ♥ = Filly

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