Princely Heir
Princely Heir (20 April 1995 – December 2013) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He showed his best form as a two-year-old in 1997 when he won three of his four races including the Group 1 Phoenix Stakes in Ireland. He remained in training for a further two seasons but never won again and never even contested another Group 1 race. He retired to become a breeding stallion in Ireland and was later exported to India. Background Princely Heir was a bay horse with a white blaze and four white socks bred in Ireland by his owner Maktoum Al Maktoum's Gainsborough Stud. As a yearling at Tattersalls in September 1996 he was sold for 40,000 guineas but returned to the ownership of Maktoum Al Maktoum. During his racing career he was trained by Mark Johnston at Middleham in North Yorkshire. His sire Fairy King, who was full-brother to Sadler's Wells, failed to win a race after being injured on his debut, but sired the winners of over five-hundred races, including Helissio, Falbrav, Turtle Island and Oath. Princely Heir's dam Meis El-Reem was a top-class racemate who won the Prix d'Astarte and the Child Stakes as well as finishing