Prince Royal (horse)
| Prince Royal | |
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| Sire | Ribot |
| Grandsire | Tenerani |
| Dam | Pange |
| Damsire | King's Bench |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1961 |
| Country | Great Britain |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Charles W. Wacker III |
| Owner | 1) Dr. Carlo Bassignana |
| Trainer | 1) Giuseppe Galbiati 2) Georges Bridgland |
| Record | 12: 7-0-1 |
| Earnings | ₤26,856,000 & ₣1,094,126 |
| Major wins | |
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Premio Tevere (1963) Premio Besana (1964) Gran Premio di Milano (1964) Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (1964) |
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| Awards | |
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Timeform rating 134 (1964) Timeform top-rated three-year-old (1964) |
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Prince Royal (1961–4 August 1983), known as Prince Royal II in the United States, was a British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning France's prestigious Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
Bred by Charles W. Wacker III, Prince Royal was sired was the undefeated Italian runner and leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland, Ribot. His dam, Pange, also produced Senibility, the grand-dam of the Breeders' Cup Turf winner Theatrical
Prince Royal was sold to Italy's Dr. Carlo Bassignana at the December 1961 Tattersalls sale for approximately $10,600 and sent into training with Giuseppe Galbiati in Italy.
The colt began his career in racing at age two in Italy where he had one win in four of his 1963 starts with a third-place finish in Italy's most important race for his age group, the Gran Criterium. Racing at age three in 1964, Prince Royal won his first three starts before finishing fourth in the Gran Premio d'Italia. He came back to win the Gran Premio di Milano and ran away from the opposition to win the Premio Besana by fifteen lengths.
Prince Royal was then sent to race in France. He ran in the Prix Royal-Oak in poor racing condition and was held back, finishing last to Baron Guy de Rothschild's winning colt, Barbieri. Negotiations, which had been going on prior to the Prix Royal-Oak, saw American Rex Ellsworth purchase Prince Royal for a reported US$400,000 who turned him over to French trainer, Georges Bridgland. For his new owner and trainer, Prince Royal was next entered in the October 4th running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Up against older horses, the three-year-old colt won the forty-third running of France's most important race.
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