King for a Day

King for a Day
Uncle Mo - Ubetwereven by French Deputy


BORN: 2016

COLOR: Bay

NOMINATED TO: The Breeders' Cup, The New York Stallion Stakes

2024 STUD FEE: $5,000 LFSN

ENTERED STUD: 2021

HEIGHT: 16.3

"King for a Day ALL the way" to defeat Tacitus in a tough Belmont MSW.  

King for a Day defeats Maximum Security

  • LEADING NY BASED STALLION OF WEANLINGS SOLD at the 2022 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale - $130,000, $50,000, $40,000 etc.
  • KING FOR A DAY is a Multiple Stakes Winner and Graded Stakes placed son of Leading Stallion - UNCLE MO
  • UNCLE MO is the sire of 3 of the 4 top ranked freshman sires of 2020 including #1 Nyquist, #2 Laoban and #4 Outwork
  • KING FOR A DAY is out of Ubetwereven, a multiple stakes producing broodmare. Making him part of the immediate family of multiple Grade 1 winning  millionaire, MIND CONTROL  and multiple stakes placed and Grade 1 placed, GODDESS OF FIRE.  See a TDN article on  the familiy HERE.

Highlights

"King for a Day was basically a clone of Uncle Mo"   Todd Pletcher, 7 time Eclipse Award winning trainer.

  • KING FOR A DAY was the only Three Year-Old to defeat Champion MAXIMUM SECURITY at the wire during their sophomore campaign.
  • KING FOR A DAY broke his maiden in his second start at two by going wire to wire over eight and a half furlongs to prevail over a  field that included Graded Stakes winner TACITUS.
  • KING FOR A DAY won the Sir Barton on the Preakness undercard in his three year old debut, completing the mile and a sixteenth just off the Pimlico track record.

By Champion 2YO Colt Uncle Mo

2020’s Leading Sire of Graded Stakes Winners (14)
KING FOR A DAY
Uncle Mo - Ubetwereven by, French Deputy