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Round Table

Bay colt foaled in 1954. Died in 1987. By Princequillo-Knight's Daughter, by Sir Cosmo

Inducted:

1972

Breeder:

A.B. Hancock Jr.

Owner:

A.B. Hancock Jr.
Travis Kerr at 3

Trainer:

William Molter

Race History
Year	Age	Starts	First	Second	Third	Earned
1956	2	10	5	1	0	$73,326
1957	3	22	15	1	3	$600,383
1958	4	20	14	4	0	$662,780
1959	5	14	9	2	2	$413,380
	Totals:	66	43	8	5	$1,749,869

Round Table set course records on the turf and on the dirt at 1 1/16, 1 1/8, 1 1/4, and 1 5/8 miles. He was Champion Grass Horse 1957-59, and Champion Handicap Male and Horse of the Year in 1958.

At 3 Round Table won eleven consecutive races, including the Will Rogers, El Dorado, Cinema, Hollywood Gold Cup, American Derby, and the first of two Hawthorne Gold Cups. At 4 Round Table was named Horse of the Year after winning the San Fernando, San Antonio, Santa Anita, Caliente, Argonaut, Laurence Armour, and Arlington Handicaps, among others. When the season ended, he had been the sport's leading money winner for two consecutive years. In his final season Round Table won nine stakes, including the United Nations while carrying 136 pounds. Round Table retired as a leader in career earnings and became one of the most important sires of the 20th century.

Round Table stood at Claiborne Farm and produced 20.6% stakes winners. He was the first million dollar winner to sire a million dollar winner: Royal Glint. Other stakes winners he produced include: Drumtop, Apalachee, Targowice, and King Pellinore.

Round Table was inducted in the Hall of Fame in 1972.

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