Princequillo Horse Pedigree

Owner: Anthony Pelleteri, Boone Hall Stable
Breeder: Laudy L. Lawrence
State Bred: IR
Winnings: 33 Starts: 12 - 5 - 7, $96,550

At 3:
Won Saratoga Cup (NTR), Saratoga Handicap, Jockey Club Gold Cup
2nd Whitney Handicap
3rd Empire City Handicap, Dwyer Stakes

At 4:
Won Merchants and Citizens Handicap, Questionnaire Handicap
2nd Whitney Handicap

Saratoga Race Course record for 1ž miles

Leading sire in North America (1957 & 1958)

Leading broodmare sire in North America (1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1976)

Leading broodmare sire in Britain & Ireland (1971)

Smuggled through German blockades as a weanling and imported to the U.S. Claimed by Horatio Luro for Audrey Emory and Prince Dimitri Djordjadze of Russia for $2500 as a 2-year old. The Hancocks bought him in 1943 and stood him at their Ellerslie in Virginia until 1946 when he moved to Claiborne. He had the unique ability to correct almost any leg or soundness problem in the mares he bred.

Princequillo died of a heart attack in 1964 and is buried at Claiborne Farm.

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