This young newly gelded horse is truly stunning — the photos do not do him justice and you have to come see him in person! As his trainer led him out of the barn our assembled volunteers all exclaimed “gorgeous!” We saw him only three days after he was gelded, but his trainer said that even before that he was never studdish and he was stalled next to a filly at her farm with no issues at all. We admired King’s Spirit’s balanced solid boned conformation; with his beautiful head and well developed topline he looks like he could step right into the show hunter ring. He was a very friendly horse, nuzzling us for attention, and his trainer says he has a cute personality. She reports that he is good to ride, is sound and has never had any issues, and he has no vices — other than a case of the slows. In his 8 races he has yet to win. While racing is not his discipline, he sure does look like a show or sport horse career may be his calling card. For his jog video he was missing his left hind shoe, and he was a bit keen because of his recent inactivity while recuperating from gelding. He showed springy athletic movement, with just a touch of stiffness behind from the very recent gelding procedure. King’s Spirit is by King for a Day, who is a young son of the great Uncle Mo. We have seen several Uncle Mo offspring (as well as those of his sire sons) who are beautiful athletic jumpers and this is a sire line that sport horse people in the know like to collect! King for a Day’s dam is by Carpe Diem, who is a son of Giant’s Causeway out of an Unbridled’s Song mare — those are top sport horse lines for sure. SInce he has raced this year King’s Spirit is eligible for the 2026 RRP.
Video: https://youtu.be/57msyfxztNo?si=g6M5iOrC47gNi7wh
Race Record: https://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Horse…