Königsstuhl (horse)
Infobox last modified on 2 May 2011.
King chair ( born May 17, 1976, † 1995 ) was an English Thoroughbred stallion who was drawn to the stud Zoppenbroich the Bresges family in Mönchengladbach Rheydt.This of Genghis Khan from the royal coronation.
Descent
His mother line (Fam. 5 -h) with the ancestress imperial dignity belongs to the highly successful thoroughbred families in Germany 's postwar history. From her such good horses as witness, Crowned Crane, Imperial Star, the price of European winner Kameiros Katmai and amongst the outstanding mare Kandia come. His father, Genghis Khan was more like a mile horse and has few stayers left among his descendants.
Racing career
Koenigsstuhl graduated at the age of two to five years, 20 starts, in eleven races he won and in seven races he finished in second place. The winnings were a total of 1,028,125 DM ( = approx € 522,093 ). The general balance weight (GAG ) was 73.5 to 103.5 - 102-105 kg.
Like all his talents gave coach Sven of Mitzlaff Koenigsstuhl an unspectacular Two-year season with only two races of which he won the second victory in the invertebrate class over 1200 meters.
Only when it was launched in the Prix Prince Rose, Ostend, he came without money home. He won the classic Henckel race (now flour - Mühlens race ), the German Derby and the St. Leger in Dortmund and is the only horse in the history of the ( West) German flat racing, the carrier of the Triple 's crown. In addition, he won among others in the Aral - Pokal in Gelsenkirchen, Grand Prix Dusseldorf and internationally in Gran Premio di Milano in Milan, a highly doped age comparison test in the fall.
In Union racing, the most important derby for the first time a preliminary judgment was corrected again after its official confirmation in the history of German racing. In the first evaluation of the target photograph of the goal judge king chair had seen before Nebo. Because of the previously gelaufenem hunting race of the mirror for the photo finish had to be re- assembled and in the alignment of a mistake was made. In a further review of the target photos of the goal judge corrected his decision, saying Nebos as the winner before King chair. This time it was a highly controversial decision.
His racing career and especially the three year old season was marked by the struggle with his equally powerful adversary Nebos, with whom he was involved three times in photo finish choices. The performance difference between these two horses was hard to objectify, in the opinion of many experts, their race against each other decided mainly by the young compared to the Lutz Mader (on Nebos ) experienced rider Peter Alafi.
The racing career of King chair is inseparable from his coach Sven of Mitzlaff. The grand seigneur of German coaches has prepared many top class horses for the stud Zoppenbroich and other owners and with king chair as the winner of the triple crown he has crowned his life's work. Since 1979, each year is selected the Turfpersönlichkeit of the Year by the Gallop Club Germany. Will be honored so that individuals or groups who have rendered outstanding services to the horse racing. The first holder of this award was Sven of Mitzlaff as the first coach in the Federal Republic, who has trained a support of the Triple Crown. And when king chair ran, then the masses came to the racetrack. 1979 King was elected chair Galopper of the year.
Breeding career
After the racing career king chair was set up in 1982 in his home stud Zoppenbroich. The breeding career of King chair was as successful as his racing career. He was 3 times Champion sire horse in Germany. Already in his first year (1983 ) he presented with Helikon a winner of a Group I race. He is the father of 15 horses that were victorious or placed in the classic race. Particularly successful was king chair when he was paired with daughters of the German top sire Surumu. The Derby winner Lavirco and king of spades are the result of such a connection, and especially the 1990 drawn in the stud Isarland monsoon. About the Baden's autumn auction arrived this into the possession of Georg Baron von Ulmann ( Schlenderhan stud ) and was shaped by the master coach Heinz Jentzsch at a premium racehorse. During monsoon in his racing career somewhat overshadowed by Lando, he is outstanding in the discipline as a father of countless classic and Group 1 winner at home and abroad. His son Manduro ( from the almond light), 2007 was the highest -rated horse in the world. Monsoon since the times of the legendary Ticino, the first German thoroughbreds who finds international real attention. What seemed to be almost impossible 20 years ago is now a reality, namely that the largest international breeders, as the ruling family of Dubai and the Coolmore group send their best mares to a German stallion for stud. King chair heritage is a major factor in the popularity German thoroughbred breeding and a heritage that must be preserved.
Koenigsstuhl died in August 1995 from the effects of colic.