Royal Glint was a bay gelding bred by Claiborne Farm of Paris, Kentucky.
Racing Hall of Fame inductee Round Table and was out of the mare Regal Gleam, the 1966 American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly.
Damsire Hail To Reason was the 1960 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt and the Leading sire in North America in 1970.
Royal Glint was purchased by Arkansas businessman Dan Lasater, who entrusted his race conditioning to Jere Smith, Sr. A winner at age three and four, at age five in 1975 he was transferred to Lasater's East Coast trainer Gordon Potter.
[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] While leading in the August 21, 1976, Michigan Mile Handicap at Detroit Race Course, Royal Glint suffered a career-ending leg injury that,[12] despite efforts by veterinarians, eventually led to him being euthanized.