Palace Music (April 12, 1981 – January 7, 2008) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and a Champion sire who won Group/Grade 1 stakes in both Europe and the United States.
Bred by Walter J. Salmon, Jr. at his Mereworth Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, he was sired by Northern Dancer's son, The Minstrel.
Sent to the United States for the November 2, 1985 Breeders' Cup Mile, hosted that year by Aqueduct Racetrack, Palace Music finished second to Cozzene but was disqualified for interference and placed ninth.
Turned over to American Hall of Fame trainer Charlie Whittingham, in 1986 the then five-year-old Palace Music won three stakes races on turf in California and came from fifteen lengths back to finish second by a head to Last Tycoon in the November 1, 1986 Breeders' Cup Mile hosted by Santa Anita Park in California.
[3] Shipped east to Maryland, two weeks later Palace Music finished third to long-shot winner Lieuenant's Lark in the Washington, D.C. International Stakes at Laurel Park Racecourse.