king's counsel
Year of Birth:
1940
Immortal:
Yes
Elected as Immortal:
1975
Year of Death:
1961
Gait:
Pacer
Record:
p,6,1:58
Earnings:
$44,930
Sire:
Volomite
Dam:
Margaret Spangler
Sire of Dam:
Guy Axworthy
Biography:
King's Counsel was most famous for his record breaking races against Adios. In 1944, at four, he won 10 of his 12 starts, his only two defeats being by Adios. He continued in the limelight as a stallion at Gainesway and Castleton Farms. A Volomite-Margaret Spangler foal, King's Counsel became the sire of twelve in 2:00 and 118 in 2:05, and by the time of his death in 1961 he had sired dams producing 14 foals racing in 2:00 and 127 in 2:05.
Castleton Farm, Lexington, KY
Published in the Harness Racing Museum's 1994 book, The Immortals