Palace Music (horse)
| Palace Music | |
|---|---|
| Sire | The Minstrel |
| Grandsire | Northern Dancer |
| Dam | Come My Prince |
| Damsire | Prince John |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1981 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Mereworth Farm |
| Owner | 1) Nelson Bunker Hunt & Summa Stable 2) Nelson Bunker Hunt & Allen E. Paulson |
| Trainer |
Patrick L. Biancone (France) Charles E. Whittingham (USA) |
| Record | 21: 7-7-2 |
| Earnings | US$909,031 |
| Major wins | |
|
Prix Daphnis (1984) Champion Stakes (1984) La Coupe de Maisons-Laffitte (1985) Bay Meadows Handicap (1986) John Henry Handicap (1986) Col. F. W. Koester Handicap (1986) |
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| Awards | |
| Leading sire in North America (1995) | |
| Last updated on April 16, 2010 | |
Palace Music (April 12, 1981 – January 7, 2008) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and a Champion sire who won Group/Grade 1 stakes in both Europe and the United States.
Bred by Walter J. Salmon, Jr. at his Mereworth Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, he was sired by Northern Dancer's son, The Minstrel. His dam was Come My Prince, a daughter of Prince John, whom The Bloodhorse magazine called "one of the greatest broodmare sires of all time."
Purchased and raced by Nelson Bunker Hunt and Bruce McNall's Summa Stable, he was conditioned for racing on turf in France by Patrick Biancone.
At age three Palace Music won the Group 3 Prix Daphnis at Longchamp Racecourse in Paris. In the fall he won the Group 1 Champion Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse in England. As a four-year-old, Palace Music's only significant win in 1985 came in the Group 3 La Coupe de Maisons-Laffitte at Maisons-Laffitte Racecourse. Sent to the United States for the November 2, 1985 Breeders' Cup Mile, hosted that year by Aqueduct Racetrack, Palace Music finished second to Cozzene but was disqualified for interference and placed ninth.
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