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Kauai King
Kauai King
Sire	Native Dancer
Grandsire	Polynesian
Dam	Sweep In
Damsire	Blenheim
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1963
Country	United States
Color	Dark Bay
Breeder	Pine Brook Farm
Owner	Ford Stable (Mike Ford). Silks: White, Blue Diamonds & Braces, Blue Sleeves, Blue & White Cap
Trainer	Henry Forrest
Record	16: 9-2-1
Earnings	$381,397
Major wins
	Prince George's Stakes (1966); Governor's Gold Cup (1966); Fountain of Youth Stakes (1966) American Triple Crown wins:; Kentucky Derby (1966); Preakness Stakes (1966)
Honors
	Maryland-bred champion 3-year-old, 1966; Maryland-bred Horse of the Year, 1966; Inducted into the Maryland Thoroughbred Hall of Fame, April 27, 2016 (Fifty year anniversary of winning the Kentucky Derby and Preakness);
	Last updated on June 1, 2016

Kauai King (April 3, 1963 – January 24, 1989) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse was foaled on April 3, 1963, at Sagamore Farm in Glyndon, Maryland. His sire was Native Dancer and his dam was Sweep In. In 1966, Kauai King won the first two legs of the U.S. Triple Crown. To date, Kauai King is one of only two horses born in Maryland to have crossed the Kentucky Derby finish line first, but 1968 winner Dancer's Image was later stripped of his title, leaving Kauai King as the only official Maryland-bred winner of the Derby.

Racing career

Ridden by jockey Don Brumfield, Kauai King won the 1966 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes but finished fourth in the Belmont Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack, two lengths behind the winner, Amberoid. With his sire (Native Dancer) and grandsire (Polynesian), three successive generations won the Preakness Stakes, a feat accomplished only one other time.^[1] On June 16, the colt was sold to a horse breeding syndicate for a then record price of $2,520,000.

Other top three-year-olds in 1966 included Graustark and 1965 Champion 2-Year-Old Colt Buckpasser. The undefeated Graustark's racing career ended with a broken coffin bone in the Blue Grass Stakes, and an injury kept Buckpasser out of the Triple Crown races. Even after Kauai King's wins in the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes, there was much speculation as to which was the better horse. On June 27, 1966, Kauai King (against the advice of his trainer, Henry Forrest) and Buckpasser met in the Arlington Classic. Kauai King's racing career came to an end when he pulled a ligament in his leg during the race. Following the announcement of his career-ending injury, he was retired to stand at stud at Alfred G. Vanderbilt II's Sagamore Farm in Glyndon, Maryland. Kauai King is still one of only two dual Classic winners ever bred in Maryland (the other was Cloverbrook, foaled in 1874) and one of only nine to win a Triple Crown race.

Retirement

Kauai King proved less than successful as a sire. Near the end of 1971, he was shipped to stand at stud in England. He remained there until 1973. He then was sent to a breeding farm in Japan where he died on January 24, 1989.

Breeding

Pedigree of Kauai King
Sire Native Dancer ch. 1950	Polynesian brown 1942	Unbreakable	Sickle
		Unbreakable	Blue Grass
		Black Polly	Polymelian
		Black Polly	Black Queen
	Geisha gray 1943	Discovery	Display
		Discovery	Ariadne
		Miyako	John P Grier
		Miyako	La Chica
Dam Sweep In bay 1942	Blenheim bay 1927	Blandford	Swynford
		Blandford	Blanche
		Malva	Charles O'Malley
		Malva	Wild Arum
	Sweepesta bay 1925	Sweep	Ben Brush
		Sweep	Pink Domino
		Celesta	Sempronius
		Celesta	Rezia