King's Bishop Explained

Horsename:King's Bishop
Sire:Round Table
Grandsire:Princequillo
Dam:Spearfish
Damsire:Fleet Nasrullah
Sex:Stallion
Foaled:May 11, 1969[1]
Country:United States
Colour:Bay
Breeder:Warner L. Jones Jr.
Owner:Craig F. Cullinan Jr.
Bohemia Stable
Trainer:Thomas J. Kelly
H. Allen Jerkens (1973)
Record:28: 11-4-3
Earnings:$308,079
Race: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

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

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.[2] 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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Horse Profile. 2021-09-27. www.equibase.com.
  2. Web site: King's Bishop Sets Record In Carter. New York Times, page 225. 1973-05-20. 2020-08-08.