King's Bishop was a bay horse bred in Kentucky by Warner L. Jones, Jr.
King's Bishop was owned by Craig F. Cullinan Jr., founding president of the Houston Astros Major League Baseball club, who purchased him as a yearling at the Keeneland Sales for $72,000.
Cullinan raced King's Bishop through 1972, then sold him to Allaire du Pont.
King's Bishop won several important Graded stakes races and on May 19, 1973 he set a Belmont Park track record of 1:20 2/5 for seven furlongs in winning the Carter Handicap.
[2] King's Bishop retired from racing with a record of eleven wins in twenty-eight starts.