Val Royal (April 7, 1996 – October 17, 2008) was a French-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who competed successfully in France and the United States and was best known for winning the 2001 Breeders' Cup Mile.
Sent to England for that country's most prestigious race, The Derby at 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) on soft turf, Val Royal finished eleventh in a field of sixteen.
Unraced for nineteen months, Val Royal returned on March 3, 2001, finishing second in the G II Frank E. Kilroe Mile Handicap at Santa Anita Park.
Returning on October 7, he came from last place at the turn for home to win Santa Anita's Oak Tree Mile Stakes by more than two lengths in a quick time of 1:33.21.
While standing at Haras Basano in São Paulo, Brazil, on October 17, 2008, Val Royal collapsed suddenly in the paddock and died from a suspected internal hemorrhage.