When assessing a first-season sire’s credentials and weighing up value, the go-to measure generally starts with observing his sire, scanning his dam and his
Palace Pier
$55,000 B 2017 16.0½HH (1.63M)
Kingman – Beach Frolic (Nayef)
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Standing at Kelvinside, NSW
World Champion miler, five-time G1 hero, and the best by Kingman. Unbeaten in two juvenile starts and still undefeated when beating Pinatubo in the G1 St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot at three. Like his sire, won the G1 Prix Jacques Le Marois and was the first horse to win back-to-back runnings of the race for 25 years. Also recorded easy wins in the G1 Lockinge and G1 Queen Anne.
Pedigree
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PALACE PIER |
KINGMAN |
INVINCIBLE SPIRIT |
GREEN DESERT |
DANZIG |
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FOREIGN COURIER |
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RAFHA |
KRIS |
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ELJAZZI |
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ZENDA |
ZAMINDAR |
GONE WEST |
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ZAIZAFON |
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HOPE |
DANCING BRAVE |
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BAHAMIAN |
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BEACH FROLIC |
NAYEF |
GULCH |
MR PROSPECTOR |
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JAMEELA |
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HEIGHT OF FASHION |
BUSTINO |
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HIGHCLERE |
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NIGHT FROLIC |
NIGHT SHIFT |
NORTHERN DANCER |
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CIBOULETTE |
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MISS D'OUILLY |
BIKALA |
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MISS SATIN |
By KINGMAN (2011) Prix Jacques Le Marois (G1), St James's Palace S (G1), Sussex S (G1), Irish 2,000 Guineas (G1), etc. Sire of 373 foals aged three and up, including PALACE PIER, DOMESTIC SPENDING, PERSIAN KING, SCHNELL MEISTER, CALYX, ELIZABETH TOWER, FEARLESS KING, HEADMAN, KINROSS, PUBLIC SECTOR, SUMMER ROMANCE, BOOMER, MAGELLON, SANGARIUS, SINAWANN, WALDKONIG, NOBLE TRUTH, etc.
1st dam: Beach Frolic by Nayef. Unraced. Dam of 7 foals, 4 to race, 2 winners:
PALACE PIER (c Kingman) Champion, see Race record.
TATWEEJ (f Invincible Spirit) Winner (9½f) at 3.
2nd dam: NIGHT FROLIC by Night Shift. Winner (8f) at 3. Dam of 5 winners:
JOVIALITY (f Cape Cross) 2 wins at 3 and 4, Windsor Forest S (G2), Musidora S (G3), 3rd Beverly D S (G1).
BONFIRE (g Manduro) 3 wins at 2 to 5, Dante S (G2), 2nd Prix Andre Baboin (G3), 3rd Criterium International (G1).
CHICITA BANANA (f Danehill Dancer) Winner at 2. Dam of:
Banana Split (f Kyllachy) 3rd Hoppegartener Fliegerpreis.
3rd dam: MISS D'OUILLY by Bikala. 2 wins at 3, Prix Melisande. Dam of 6 winners:
MISS CAERLEONA (f Caerleon) Cardinal H (G3), Sixty Sails H, 2nd La Prevoyante H (G2), Pago Hop S, 3rd Orchid H (G2). Dam of:
MISS CORONADO (f Coronado's Quest) Davona Dale S (G2). Dam of: ARETHUSA (f AP Indy) Sharp Cat S, 3rd Las Virgenes S (G1).
KAREN'S CAPER (f War Chant) Nell Gwyn S (G3), 2nd Coronation S (G1), Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1). Dam of: KINGLET (c Kingmambo) UAE 2,000 Guineas (G3); King’s Caper (c New Approach) 2nd Derby Italiano (G2). Grandam of: PASSION AND GLORY (g Cape Cross) Glorious S (G3), 3rd Grosser Preis von Baden (G1).
Miss Kilroy (f AP Indy) Unraced. Grandam of: COMICAS (g Distorted Humor) Dubawi S (G3), 2nd Golden Shaheen (G1); GIRL DADDY (f Uncle Mo) Pocahontas S (G3), 3rd Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1).
Demisemiquaver (f Singspiel) 2nd Possibly Perfect S. Dam of: RARE RHYTHM (g Dubawi) Nad Al Sheba Trophy (G3).
MILL RAINBOW (f Rainbow Quest) Winner at 3. Dam of:
MOONLIGHT RED (f Kheleyf) Premio Mantovani.
4th dam: MISS SATIN by Satingo. 2 wins at 2 and 3, Prix de l'Obelisque. Dam of 7 winners:
MISS SATAMIXA (f Linamix) Prix Jacques Le Marois (G1).
Mrs Annie (f Bolkonski) 3rd Prix d'Arenberg (G3). Dam of:
MANNINAMIX (c Linamix) Prix des Chenes (G3), 2nd Grand Criterium (G1). Sire.
MISTER SICY (c Sicyos) Prix du Chemin de Fer du Nord (G3). Sire.
MISTER RIV (c River River) Prix Gontaut-Biron (G3).
MRS ARKADA (f Akarad) Prix Isola Bella, 3rd Prix Saint-Alary (G1). Grandam of: BLUE BUNTING (f Dynaformer) Champion three-year-old Filly in GB, Irish Oaks (G1), 1,000 Guineas (G1).
Stud record
Palace Pier stands his first season in 2022.
Conformation
Race record
His successful career
| Age | Starts | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
| Two | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Three | 4 | 3 | - | 1 | - |
| Four | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | - |
| Total | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | - |
At 2
- 1st
- Novice race, 1,400m, Sandown Park, by 4½l, beating Summeronsevenhills.
- 1st
- Maiden race, 1,400m, Sandown Park, by 3¾l.
At 3 Champion three-year-old in Europe
- 1st
- Prix Jacques le Marois (G1), 1,600m, Deauville, beating Alpine Star, Circus Maximus, Persian King, Romanised, Pretreville, Restiany.
- 1st
- St James’s Palace S (G1), 1,600m, Royal Ascot, beating Pinatubo, Wichita, Positive, Threat, Arizona, Royal Dornoch.
- 1st
- Handicap, 1,600m, Newcastle, by 3¼l.
- 3rd
- Queen Elizabeth II S (G1), 1,600m, Ascot, to The Revenant, Roseman, beating Sir Busker, Veracious, Lord Glitters, Dark Vision, Nazeef, Century Dream, Circus Maximus.
At 4
- 1st
- Prix Jacques le Marois (G1), 1,600m, Deauville, beating Poetic Flare, Order Of Australia, Midtown, Chindit, Ecrivain, Victor Ludorum, Alpine Star.
- 1st
- Queen Anne S (G1), 1,600m, Royal Ascot, beating Lope Y Fernandez, Sir Busker, Lord Glitters, Pogo, Top Rank, Accidental Agent, Order Of Australia, Bless Him, Regal Reality, Prince Eiji.
- 1st
- Lockinge S (G1), 1,600m, Newbury, beating Lady Bowthorpe, Top Rank, Lord Glitters, Happy Power, Lord Campari, My Oberon, Lope Y Fernandez, Century Dream, Pogo, Safe Voyage.
- 1st
- Sandown Mile (G2), 1,600m, Sandown, by 8l, beating Bless Him, Happy Power.
- 2nd
- Queen Elizabeth II S (G1), 1,600m, Ascot, by a neck, to Baaeed, beating Lady Bowthorpe, The Revenant, Mother Earth, Njord, Master Of The Seas, Alcohol Free, Benbatl, Lord Glitters.
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