King's Bishop

King's Bishop (1969–1981) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

King's Bishop
SireRound Table
GrandsirePrincequillo
DamSpearfish
DamsireFleet Nasrullah
SexStallion
Foaled1969
CountryUnited States
ColourBay
BreederWarner L. Jones Jr.
OwnerCraig F. Cullinan Jr.
Bohemia Stable
TrainerThomas J. Kelly
H. Allen Jerkens (1973)
Record28: 11-4-3
Earnings$308,079
Major wins
Michigan Mile And One-Eighth Handicap (1972)
Grand Prix Stakes (1972)
Round Table Handicap (1972)
Carter Handicap (1973)
Fall Highweight Handicap (1973)
Honors
King's Bishop Stakes at
Saratoga Race Course

Background

King's Bishop was a bay horse bred in Kentucky by Warner L. Jones, Jr. He was sired by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Round Table. He was out of the mare Spearfish, a descendant of Nearco.

King's Bishop was owned by Craig F. Cullinan Jr., founding president of the Houston Astros Major League Baseball club who purchased him as a yearling at the Keeneland Sales for $72,000.

Racing career

Cullinan raced King's Bishop through 1972, then sold him to Allaire du Pont. She raced him in 1973 under the nom de course Bohemia Stable. King's Bishop won several important Graded stakes races and on May 19, 1973 he set a Belmont Park track record of 1:20 2/5 for seven furlongs in winning the Carter Handicap.[1] King's Bishop retired from racing with a record of eleven wins in twenty-eight starts.

In 1984 Saratoga Race Course created the King's Bishop Stakes in his memory. In 2017, the race was renamed to honor U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer H. Allen Jerkens.

Pedigree
Pedigree of King's Bishop, bay stallion, 1969
Sire
Round Table		 Princequillo Prince Rose Rose Prince
Indolence
Cosquilla Papyrus
Quick Thought
Knight's Daughter Sir Cosmo The Boss
Ayn Hali
Feola Friar Marcus
Aloe
Dam
Spearfish		 Fleet Nasrullah Nasrullah Nearco
Mumtaz Begum
Happy Go Fleet Count Fleet
Draeh
Alabama Gal Determine Alibhai
Koubis
Trojan Class Priam
Rompers (family: 11)

References
  1. "King's Bishop Sets Record In Carter". New York Times, page 225. 1973-05-20. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.