Advocator was born in 1963 as the son of Round Table (sire) and Delta Queen (dam). He was the winner of 10 races totaling $338,658. At the age of two, he already had three wins, one second and two third place finishes. At the age of three, he collected one win, four times second (including the 1966 Kentucky Derby) and six times third (including the 1966 Belmont Stakes). At age four, he had four wins and one third place while at age five he had two wins (including the Sunrise Handicap, 1 ½ miles, turf. 2:27 1/5), two second and four third place finishes.
He was the sire of AGITATE who totaled seven wins ($312,925), JUST THE TIME four wins ($107,333), CARRY THE BANNER, COPETON, and CLAN ROYAL.
