Palace Malice

Palace Malice
Palace Malice winning the 2014 Metropolitan Handicap
Sire	Curlin
Grandsire	Smart Strike
Dam	Palace Rumour
Damsire	Royal Anthem
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	May 2, 2010
Country	United States
Color	Bay
Breeder	William S. Farish III
Owner	Dogwood Stable
Trainer	Todd Pletcher
Record	17: 7-4-1
Earnings	$2,686,135
Major wins
Belmont Stakes (2013) Jim Dandy Stakes (2013) Gulfstream Park Handicap (2014) New Orleans Handicap (2014) Westchester Stakes (2014) Metropolitan Handicap (2014)

Palace Malice (foaled May 2, 2010) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2013 Belmont Stakes. After winning one minor race as a two-year-old he made steady improvement in the early part of 2013, being placed in the Risen Star Stakes and Blue Grass Stakes and running prominently in the Kentucky Derby before winning the Belmont Stakes, and the 2014 Metropolitan Handicap. He went on to win the Jim Dandy Stakes and finish second against older horses in the Jockey Club Gold Cup. As a four-year-old in 2014 he won his first four races including the Gulfstream Park Handicap, New Orleans Handicap and Metropolitan Handicap. After two races in 2015, he was retired as a five-year-old and sent to stand at stud at Three Chimneys Farm.

Palace Malice is a dark bay horse with a small white star and is 16 hands high, bred in Kentucky by W.S. Farish. He is from the first crop of foals sired by the 2007 Preakness Stakes and Breeders' Cup Classic winner Curlin. His dam, Palace Rumor, won the 2006 Audubon Oaks and is a half-sister to Maya's Storm and Jumpifyoudare. Palace Malice is her only stakes winner. As a descendant of the broodmare Saracen Flirt, she was a distant relative of the St Leger Stakes winner Mutafaweq.

In September 2011, Palace Malice was consigned to the Keeneland Sale and was bought for $25,000 by the bloodstock agent Colin Brennan. In April 2012, the colt returned to Keeneland and was sold for a significant profit, being bought for $200,000 by Dogwood Stable. He was sent into training with the four-time Eclipse Award winner Todd Pletcher.