Louis Quatorze (horse)
| Louis Quatorze | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Sovereign Dancer |
| Grandsire | Northern Dancer |
| Dam | On To Royalty |
| Damsire | On To Glory |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1993 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Georgia E. Hofmann |
| Owner | William J. Condren Georgia E. Hofmann, Cornacchia,A syndicate |
| Trainer | Nicholas P. Zito |
| Record | 18: 7-5-1 |
| Earnings | $2,054,434 |
| Major wins | |
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Jim Dandy Stakes (1996) Preakness Stakes (1996) |
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| Last updated on August 15, 2007 | |
Jim Dandy Stakes (1996)
Hal's Hope Handicap (1997)
Ben Ali Stakes (1997)
Creme Fraiche Handicap (1997)
Louis Quatorze (foaled 1993) is an American thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for winning the 1996 Preakness Stakes. He was sired by Sovereign Dancer, who in turn was a son of 1964 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Northern Dancer out of the mare On To Royalty.
Trained by Nick Zito, he had four starts at age two in 1995 and won two races while placing second in the other two starts. In the late summer, Louis Quatorze came in second in the seven-furlong Hopeful Stakes at Saratoga Race Course to Hennessy. In mid-September 1995, he finished second in the seven-furlong Futurity Stakes at Belmont Park to Maria's Mon. During the winter, he was freshened for a long time and didn't come back to the track until March.
At age three, Louis Quatorze won an allowance race at Gulfstream Park in March, giving Zito enough confidence in him to take on stakes winners in a graded race. In April 1996, Louis Quatorze shipped to Keeneland Race Course and raced in the grade two $700,000 Blue Grass Stakes, where he placed second in a field of seven. He was beaten only by eventual Eclipse Award champion Skip Away. All three of the top finishers in the Blue Grass moved on to Louisville on the first Saturday of May and competed in the Kentucky Derby. In the Derby itself, Louis Quatorze broke badly and got caught in traffic early, running in twelfth position. He finished sixteenth of nineteen.
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