Crowned Prince
| Crowned Prince | |
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| Sire | Raise A Native |
| Grandsire | Native Dancer |
| Dam | Gay Hostess |
| Damsire | Royal Charger |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 31 January 1969 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Leslie Combs II & Frank M. McMahon |
| Owner | Frank M McMahon |
| Trainer | Bernard van Cutsem |
| Record | 4: 2-0-0 |
| Major wins | |
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Champagne Stakes (1971) Dewhurst Stakes (1971) |
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| Awards | |
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Timeform rating 128 Top-rated British two-year-old (1972) |
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Crowned Prince (foaled 31 January 1969) was a Kentucky-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse who was sold for a world-record $510,000 ($3.1 million inflation adjusted) in 1970. In a brief racing career he established himself as the leading British juvenile of his generation in 1971 with win in the Group Two Champagne Stakes and the Group One Dewhurst Stakes. He was retired from racing after a single, unsuccessful start in the following spring and had little success as a breeding stallion.
Crowned Prince was a chestnut horse with a white star and white socks on his hind feet bred in Kentucky by Leslie Combs II of Spendhrift Farm & Frank M McMahon. He was sired by Raise A Native, an American racehorse who was unbeaten in four races and was named American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt by Turf and Sports Digest in 1963. Crowned Prince's dam Gay Hostess was a highly-successful broodmare, having produced Majestic Prince from a previous coverings by Raise A Native. Her other descendants have included Real Quiet, Caracolero and the Epsom Derby winner Secreto.
At the Keeneland Sales in July 1970 the yearling was sold for a then world-recond price of $510,000, breaking the record set two years earlier by the filly Reine Enchanteur, with McMahon buying out his partner Combs. Majestic Prince had previously held the record as well as the other Spendthrift graduates One Bold Bid and Bold Discovery.
The colt was sent into training with Bernard Van Cutsem at his Stanley House stable at Newmarket, Suffolk. At the time, Van Cutsem was one of the most successful trainers in Britain, handling major winners including Park Top (King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes) and Karabas (Washington, D.C. International Stakes).
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