His Majesty (horse)

His Majesty (April 17, 1968 – September 21, 1995) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and top sire.

His Majesty
SireRibot
GrandsireTenerani
DamFlower Bowl
DamsireAlibhai
SexStallion
Foaled1968
CountryUnited States
ColourBay
BreederJohn W. Galbreath
OwnerDarby Dan Farm
TrainerLou Rondinello
Record22: 5-6-3
EarningsUS$99,430[1]
Major wins
Everglades Stakes (1971)
Awards
Leading sire in North America (1982)
Last updated on January 23, 2010

Background

His Majesty was bred by John W. Galbreath and raced under the colors of his Darby Dan Farm. A full brother to Graustark, His Majesty was a son of the undefeated superstar European runner and three-time Leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland, Ribot. His dam was the excellent runner and outstanding broodmare, Flower Bowl who hemorrhaged to death the morning after his birth. His Majesty was trained by Lou Rondinello.

Racing career

1971: Three-Year-Old Season

At age three, His Majesty started 1971 at Florida's Hialeah Park Race Track where he won two of his first three starts.

Then he recovered from being forced into the rail and stumbling badly to finish third in the Bahamas Stakes.[2]

He then won the Everglades Stakes on February 17 under jockey Braulio Baeza.[3]

Injured in the Flamingo Stakes in which he finished sixth, His Majesty underwent surgery for a broken bone in his right front ankle and was sidelined for nine months.[4]

1972: Four-Year-Old Season

Racing at age four, His Majesty finished second by a nose to stablemate Good Counsel in the Widener Handicap at Hialeah Park on March 25.[5] but was injured again while preparing for the May 30 Hawthorne Gold Cup and was out of racing for another five months. Returning to race at Hialeah Park in January 1973, His Majesty set a new track record of 1:46 2/5 for a mile and an eighth on dirt[6] but in the ensuing March 10, 1973 Donn Handicap he suffered a tendon injury that ended his racing career.

Stud Record

Retired to stud duty at Darby Dan Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, His Majesty became an influential sire of more than fifty stakes winners as well as a prominent broodmare sire. Among his most notable progeny were:

Through his daughter, Razyana, His Majesty is the damsire of the outstanding international sire Danehill.

His Majesty was the grandsire of the 1993 Belmont Stakes winner Colonial Affair and of the 1994 Kentucky Derby winner Go For Gin. He was also the damsire of:

His Majesty died at age 27 on September 21, 1995 from the infirmities of old age.[7] He is buried in the Darby Dan Farm equine cemetery.[8][9]

Pedigree
Pedigree of His Majesty
Sire
Ribot		 Tenerani Bellini Cavaliere d'Arpino
Bella Minna
Tofanella Apelle
Try Try Again
Romanella El Greco Pharos
Gay Gamp
Barbara Burrini Papyrus
Bucolic
Dam
Flower Bowl		 Alibhai Hyperion Gainsborough
Selene
Teresina Tracery
Blue Tit
Flower Bed Beau Pere Son-in-Law
Cinna
Boudoir Mahmoud
Kampala

References
  1. http://www.pedigreequery.com/his+majesty His Majesty's pedigree and partial racing stats
  2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tcwlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=v_MFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5062,4018482&dq=hialeah+his+majesty&hl=en
  3. "The Times-News - Google News Archive Search".
  4. "HIS MAJESTY HURT AND OUT FOR YEAR". 9 March 1971.
  5. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=roMyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=x7cFAAAAIBAJ&pg=996,4178660&dq=hialeah+his+majesty&hl=en
  6. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MNklAAAAIBAJ&sjid=I_MFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4009,3434198&dq=hialeah+his+majesty&hl=en
  7. "Archives: Sun-Sentinel - FULL-SPEED AHEAD FOR IMPROVED POMPANO".
  8. "Grave Matters Darby Dan Farm".
  9. PedigreeQuery: His Majesty
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