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Royal Orbit
Royal Orbit
Sire	Royal Charger
Grandsire	Nearco
Dam	Admirals Belle
Damsire	War Admiral
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	25 April 1956
Country	United States
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	Louis B. Mayer
Owner	Halina Gregory Braunstein
Trainer	Reggie Cornell
Record	20: 7-5-7
Earnings	$239,640
Major wins
	Los Feliz Stakes (1958) Triple Crown wins:; Preakness Stakes (1959)
	Last updated on May 18, 2007

Royal Orbit (April 25, 1956 - c. 1980) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known as the winner of the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the U.S. Triple Crown races.

Background

Royal Orbit was a chestnut horse bred by film mogul Louis B. Mayer. He was sired by the imported British stallion Royal Charger out of Admiral's Belle, a daughter of the 1937 U.S. Triple Crown winner, War Admiral. Royal Orbit was purchased at the July Keeneland Sales by businessman Jacques Braunstein and raced by his widow, Halina Gregory Braunstein. He was trained by Reggie Cornell.

Racing career

Royal Orbit was a top two-year-old colt racing in California, notably winning the 1958 Los Feliz Stakes and finishing second to Tomy Lee in the Del Mar Futurity. The following year he was second to the Hall of Fame filly Silver Spoon in the Santa Anita Derby. In his only out-of-the-money finish in twenty career races, Royal Orbit ran fourth to winner Tomy Lee in the 1959 Kentucky Derby under jockey William Harmatz. However, Royal Orbit and Harmatz came back to win the 85th running of the Preakness Stakes and in the Belmont Stakes, the final leg of the Triple Crown series, he finished third to winner Sword Dancer.

Stud record

Retired at the end of the 1959 racing season, Royal Orbit stood in Kentucky and at the Maryland branch of E.P. Taylor's Windfields Farm. His offspring would meet with modest success, the best of which was multiple stakes winner, Quicken Tree. In 1971 he was sent to a breeding farm in Ireland. Two years later he was shipped to Argentina where he spent a year before going to Brazil in 1975.

Pedigree

Pedigree of Royal Orbit (USA), chestnut stallion, 1956^[1]
Sire Royal Charger (GB) 1942	Nearco (ITY) 1935	Pharos	Phalaris
		Pharos	Scapa Flow
		Nogara	Havresac
		Nogara	Catnip
	Sun Princess (GB) 1937	Solario	Gainsborough
		Solario	Sun Worship
		Mumtaz Begum	Blenheim
		Mumtaz Begum	Mumtaz Mahal
Dam Admiral's Belle (USA) 1952	War Admiral (USA) 1934	Man o'War	Fair Play
		Man o'War	Mahubah
		Brushup	Sweep
		Brushup	Annette K
	Belle Cane (NZ) 1937	Beau Pere	Son-in-Law
		Beau Pere	Cinna
		Duck's Egg	Absurd
		Duck's Egg	Tame Duck (Family:7-e)^[2]