# Royal Chocolate

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{{Short description|Canadian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}

{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Royal Chocolate
| image = 
| caption = 
| sire = Amber Morn
| grandsire = [Ambiorix](/source/Ambiorix_(horse))
| dam = Rocket Shot
| damsire =  [Prince John](/source/Prince_John_(horse))
| sex = [Stallion](/source/Stallion_(horse))
| foaled = 1970
| country = [Canada](/source/Canada) 
| colour = [Chestnut](/source/Chestnut_(coat))
| breeder = [Stafford Farms](/source/Stafford_Farms)
| owner = Stafford Farms
| trainer = [Gil Rowntree](/source/Gil_Rowntree)
| record = 55: 13-12-11
| earnings =  $245,976
| race =  [Plate Trial Stakes](/source/Plate_Trial_Stakes) (1973)<br>[Eclipse Handicap](/source/Eclipse_Stakes_(Canada)) (1974, 1975)<br>[Bold Venture Handicap](/source/Bold_Venture_Stakes) (1976)<br>[Connaught Cup Handicap](/source/Connaught_Cup_Stakes) (1976)<br>
'''[Canadian Classic Race](/source/Canadian_Classic_Races) wins:'''<br>[Queen's Plate](/source/Queen's_Plate) (1973)
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}}
'''Royal Chocolate''' (foaled 1970 in Ontario) was a Canadian [Thoroughbred](/source/Thoroughbred) [racehorse](/source/horse_racing) who won the 1973 [Queen's Plate](/source/Queen's_Plate), the oldest continuous race in [North America](/source/North_America) and Canada's most prestigious horse race.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/ |title=Royal Chocolate Wins Queen's Plate |newspaper=New York Times |date=1973-07-01 |accessdate=2019-07-02 |archive-date=2020-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506002706/https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Background==
Royal Chocolate was bred and raced by [Jack Stafford's](/source/Jack_H._Stafford) [Stafford Farms](/source/Stafford_Farms) of [King City](/source/King_City%2C_Ontario), [Ontario](/source/Ontario).<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.canadianhorseracinghalloffame.com/1982/01/02/j-h-jack-stafford/ |title= J.H. (Jack) Stafford Hall of Fame Inductee, 1982 |publisher=Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame |date=1982-01-01 |accessdate=2019-07-02}}</ref> He was sired by Amber Morn whose French sire [Ambiorix](/source/Ambiorix_(horse)) stood at [Claiborne Farm](/source/Claiborne_Farm) and who was a son of the important three-time [French](/source/France)  [Champion sire](/source/Leading_sire_in_France), [Tourbillon](/source/Tourbillon_(horse)). Royal Chocolate's dam Rocket Shot, was a granddaughter of the influential sire, [Princequillo](/source/Princequillo).

Royal Chocolate was conditioned for racing by future by [Canadian Racing Hall of Fame](/source/Canadian_Horse_Racing_Hall_of_Fame) [trainer](/source/Horse_trainer), [Gil Rowntree](/source/Gil_Rowntree).

==Racing career==
During his career, he competed at distances from five to fourteen furlongs but is best known for winning Canada's most prestigious race in 1973, the mile and a quarter (10 furlongs) Queen's Plate. In the ensuing second leg of the [Canadian Triple Crown](/source/Triple_Crown_of_Thoroughbred_Racing) series, he ran third to stablemate [Tara Road](/source/Tara_Road_(horse)) in the [Prince of Wales Stakes](/source/Prince_of_Wales_Stakes) on the [turf](/source/grass) at [Fort Erie Racetrack](/source/Fort_Erie_Racetrack)

==Stud record==
Retired to [stud](/source/stud_(animal)) duty after a successful 1976 racing season, as a sire Royal Chocolate met with reasonable success. Among his offspring, [Gone to Royalty](/source/Gone_to_Royalty) was a multiple stakes winner. His last foals were born in 1994.

==References==
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Category:1970 racehorse births
Category:Canadian racehorses
Category:Racehorses bred in King, Ontario
Category:Racehorses trained in Canada
Category:King's Plate winners
Category:Thoroughbred family 2-o

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