Kinsale King (foaled 2005) is an American
Thoroughbred racehorse
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who won the
Dubai Golden Shaheen.
Kinsale King's first trainer was
Eoin Harty, but he was turned over to trainer Carl O'Callaghan during the 2009
Del Mar Racetrack summer meet. Kinsale King's first stakes win was in the
Vernon O. Underwood Stakes at
Hollywood Park Racetrack on December 6. He followed that up by winning the
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Palos Verdes Handicap
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on January 23, 2010. He won at odds of 9:1 while defeating
Breeder's Cup Sprint winner
Dancing in Silks. Kinsale King came to fame when he earned his third straight stakes win in the
Dubai Golden Shaheen on March 27. His win continued the United States' dominance in that race in which they had won nine of the past eleven renewals. Kinsale King's next race was on June 19 at
Ascot Racecourse in the
Golden Jubilee Stakes on turf.
ESPN - April 3, 2010
/ref> He finished third by a head to the longshot Society Rock having been on the heels of Starspangledbanner, the eventual winner.
The 2016 film Chasing the Win is all about Kinsale King's racing career.
References
Kinsale King's pedigree and racing stats
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2005 racehorse births
Racehorses bred in Kentucky
Racehorses trained in the United States
Thoroughbred family 1-o