Majestic Light (USA)
March 29, 1973 – July 10, 2000
Majestic Prince (USA) x Irradiate (USA), by Ribot (GB)
Family 8-c
March 29, 1973 – July 10, 2000
Majestic Prince (USA) x Irradiate (USA), by Ribot (GB)
Family 8-c
Majestic Light was one of the two best sons of Majestic Prince and was by far the most important in the long run. While not as brilliant as the similarly sired Coastal, he was sounder and versatile enough to win Grade 1 stakes on both dirt and turf. He enjoyed a solid stud career and is a connecting link in a branch of the Raise a Native male line that extends to 2010 Kentucky Derby (USA-G1) winner Super Saver.
Race record
31 starts, 11 wins, 5 seconds, 5 thirds, US$650,158
1976:
1977:
Honors
Monmouth Park Hall of Champions
Assessments
Rated at 125 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American 3-year-old males of 1976, 1 pound below co-highweights Bold Forbes (the official champion) and Honest Pleasure and tied for second with Preakness Stakes (USA-G1) winner Elocutionist.
Highweighted at 126 pounds atop the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American turf runners of 1977, 3 pounds above official divisional champion Johnny D. (a 3-year-old).
As an individual
A bay, Majestic Light stood 16.1 hands. He had a lighter, wirier build than his sire Majestic Prince with a good shoulder and hip and short cannons but was upright in his pasterns and had the flattish feet often associated with turf runners.
As a stallion
The Jockey Club credits Majestic Light with 452 winners (50.7%) and 70 stakes winners (7.9%) from 891 named foals of racing age. According to The Blood-Horse, Majestic Light is the sire of 72 stakes winners (8.1%).
Notable progeny
Beldale Lear (USA), Christiecat (USA), Collins (USA), Eternity Star (USA), Hidden Light (USA), Lacovia (USA), Lite Light (USA), Patches (USA), Prince True (USA), Solar Splendor (USA), War (USA), Wavering Monarch (USA)
Notable progeny of daughters
Gold Fever (USA), Mahogany Hall (USA), Majestic Smile (PAN), Personal Bankers (USA), Tobougg (IRE), Tunelero (USA)
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Majestic Light was bred and owned by Ogden Mills Phipps. He was trained by John Russell. Majestic Light entered stud in 1978 in Kentucky at Claiborne Farm. He died following colic surgery on July 10, 2000, and was buried at Claiborne Farm's Marchmont division.
Pedigree notes
Majestic Light is inbred 5x5x5 to Pharos, a champion sire in England and France. He is a half brother to multiple Grade 2 winner Fluorescent Light (by Herbager) and to 1973 Colleen Stakes (USA-G3) winner Celestial Lights (by Bold Ruler).
Majestic Light's dam Irradiate was stakes-placed on the track and is a half sister to 1966 American champion sprinter Impressive (by Court Martial), the good juvenile Great Power (by Bold Ruler) and stakes winner Bold Commander (by Bold Ruler). She is also a half sister to Charged (by Princequillo), dam of stakes winner Prince of Gold (by Fast Hilarious); to Overpowering (by Bold Ruler), dam of multiple Grade 3 winner Proctor and stakes winners Over Your Shoulder (a multiple stakes producer) and Al Rahib, all by Graustark; and to Flood Light (by Bold Lad), dam of stakes winner Swift Bird (by Northern Dancer).
Irradiate and her siblings were produced from 1954 American champion 2-year-old filly High Voltage (by Ambiorix), whose stakes-placed full sister Magneto produced 1967 Whitney Stakes winner Stupendous (by Bold Ruler). High Voltage is also a half sister to Coastal Trade (by Coastal Traffic), dam of 1968 Flamingo Stakes winner Wise Exchange (by Promised Land), and to Beguiling (by Nasrullah), dam of 1964 Vagrancy Handicap winner No Resisting (by Ambiorix) and second dam of Grade 2 winner Rhoman Rule.
Fun facts
Last updated: July 10, 2024
Race record
31 starts, 11 wins, 5 seconds, 5 thirds, US$650,158
1976:
- Won Swaps Stakes (USA-G1, 10FD, Hollywood)
- Won Monmouth Invitational Handicap (USA-G1, 9FD, Monmouth; new track record 1:47)
- Won Cinema Handicap (USA-G2, 9FT, Hollywood)
- Won Cavalcade Handicap (USA, 8.5FD, Atlantic City)
- 2nd American Derby (USA-G2, 8.5FT, Arlington Park)
1977:
- Won Amory L. Haskell Handicap (USA-G1, 10FD, Monmouth; equaled track record 2:00-2/5)
- Won Man o' War Stakes (USA-G1, 12FT, Belmont)
- Won Washington Park Handicap (USA-G3, 9FT, Arlington Park)
- Won Bernard Baruch Handicap (USA-G3, 9FT, Saratoga)
- 2nd Washington, D.C., International (USA-G1, 12FT, Laurel)
- 2nd Turf Classic Stakes (USA, 12FT, Aqueduct)
- 2nd Canadian International (CAN-G1, 13FT, Woodbine)
Honors
Monmouth Park Hall of Champions
Assessments
Rated at 125 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American 3-year-old males of 1976, 1 pound below co-highweights Bold Forbes (the official champion) and Honest Pleasure and tied for second with Preakness Stakes (USA-G1) winner Elocutionist.
Highweighted at 126 pounds atop the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American turf runners of 1977, 3 pounds above official divisional champion Johnny D. (a 3-year-old).
As an individual
A bay, Majestic Light stood 16.1 hands. He had a lighter, wirier build than his sire Majestic Prince with a good shoulder and hip and short cannons but was upright in his pasterns and had the flattish feet often associated with turf runners.
As a stallion
The Jockey Club credits Majestic Light with 452 winners (50.7%) and 70 stakes winners (7.9%) from 891 named foals of racing age. According to The Blood-Horse, Majestic Light is the sire of 72 stakes winners (8.1%).
Notable progeny
Beldale Lear (USA), Christiecat (USA), Collins (USA), Eternity Star (USA), Hidden Light (USA), Lacovia (USA), Lite Light (USA), Patches (USA), Prince True (USA), Solar Splendor (USA), War (USA), Wavering Monarch (USA)
Notable progeny of daughters
Gold Fever (USA), Mahogany Hall (USA), Majestic Smile (PAN), Personal Bankers (USA), Tobougg (IRE), Tunelero (USA)
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Majestic Light was bred and owned by Ogden Mills Phipps. He was trained by John Russell. Majestic Light entered stud in 1978 in Kentucky at Claiborne Farm. He died following colic surgery on July 10, 2000, and was buried at Claiborne Farm's Marchmont division.
Pedigree notes
Majestic Light is inbred 5x5x5 to Pharos, a champion sire in England and France. He is a half brother to multiple Grade 2 winner Fluorescent Light (by Herbager) and to 1973 Colleen Stakes (USA-G3) winner Celestial Lights (by Bold Ruler).
Majestic Light's dam Irradiate was stakes-placed on the track and is a half sister to 1966 American champion sprinter Impressive (by Court Martial), the good juvenile Great Power (by Bold Ruler) and stakes winner Bold Commander (by Bold Ruler). She is also a half sister to Charged (by Princequillo), dam of stakes winner Prince of Gold (by Fast Hilarious); to Overpowering (by Bold Ruler), dam of multiple Grade 3 winner Proctor and stakes winners Over Your Shoulder (a multiple stakes producer) and Al Rahib, all by Graustark; and to Flood Light (by Bold Lad), dam of stakes winner Swift Bird (by Northern Dancer).
Irradiate and her siblings were produced from 1954 American champion 2-year-old filly High Voltage (by Ambiorix), whose stakes-placed full sister Magneto produced 1967 Whitney Stakes winner Stupendous (by Bold Ruler). High Voltage is also a half sister to Coastal Trade (by Coastal Traffic), dam of 1968 Flamingo Stakes winner Wise Exchange (by Promised Land), and to Beguiling (by Nasrullah), dam of 1964 Vagrancy Handicap winner No Resisting (by Ambiorix) and second dam of Grade 2 winner Rhoman Rule.
Fun facts
- Majestic Light became the namesake for a stakes race at Monmouth Park.
Last updated: July 10, 2024