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3 unusual facts about Val Royal


Val Royal

He stood from 2003 through 2006 at Oak Lodge Stud in County Kildare, Ireland and was shuttled to Eliza Park stud near Kerrie, Victoria, Australia for the Southern Hemisphere breeding seasons.

Scheduled to go to Hong Kong's Sha Tin Racecourse to run in the Hong Kong Mile Val Royal developed a quarter crack that saw him sidelined him until March 2 of 2002 when he returned to Santa Anita and finished fourth in the Frank E. Kilroe Mile Handicap.

Following his win in the Oak Tree Mile, Val Royal was then was shipped east to Belmont Park in Elmont, New York to compete in the October 27 Breeders' Cup Mile.



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Réno-Dépôt

In 1987, Groupe Val Royal entered into a strategic agreement with the Molson Companies and acquired the Castor Bricoleur stores, located in Québec.