King Argentin


King Argentin is an active Indonesian racehorse. In 2025, King Argentin won the Indonesian Triple Crown, becoming the fourth horse to do so after Mystere, Manik Trisula, and Djohar Manik.

Background

King Argentin is a bay horse who was bred in Indonesia by King Halim Stable. He was foaled on August 25, 2021, in Ledug, Tretes, Pasuruan Regency, East Java. Sired by Agrippa, a son of Almuinjjid, out of Princess Misoni, a daughter of Long War, he is related to the champion Japanese racehorse T. M. Opera O through his sire's grandsire, Blushing Groom, and is a descendant of Secretariat.
He is currently trained by Farooq Ali Khan and regularly ridden by Jemmy Runtu.

Breed

King Argentin, like most Indonesian racehorses, is not a thoroughbred, but instead a crossbreed between Thoroughbreds and native Sandalwood ponies. King Argentin, being a KP6, is the result of six generations of backcrossing between a Thoroughbred sire with a local dam.

Racing career

2024: two-year-old season

In April 2024, King Argentin debuted at Sultan Agung Racecourse in Bantul, Special Region of Yogyakarta, competing in the 800-meter sprint Class A/B race at the Piala Tiga Mahkota Seri 1 as a two-year-old colt. Though foaled in Pasuruan, East Java, he frequently represents West Java in competition.

2025: three-year-old season">2025 Indonesia's Horse Racing Season">2025: three-year-old season

In the 2025 Jateng Derby, King Argentin crossed the finish line first in the 1,600-meter division. However, during the race, there was an incident involving his rival Milord, a top contender from North Sulawesi, where he collided with Salvator Minang, a contender from West Sumatra, resulting in a tragic accident where both horses died. Following the incident, the race committee declared the 1,600-meter division void, ruling that there would be no winner.
After winning the first two legs of the Indonesian Triple Crown Series in 2025, King Argentin entered the Indonesia Derby with the chance of becoming the nation's fourth Triple Crown winner. Several recent contenders, including Queen Thalassa in 2019 and Bintang Maja in 2023, had failed to complete the series. In the history of Indonesian horseracing, only three horses had previously secured the title: Mystere in 1978, Manik Trisula in 2002, and Djohar Manik in 2014. King Argentin won the Indonesia Derby, thereby completing the Triple Crown and becoming the first horse to do so in 11 years.
In January 2026, King Argentin was awarded the Indonesian Best Horse 2025 award at SARGA Indonesia's Horse Racing Award 2025.

Racing form

The data below are mostly based on information available on livestreams from the YouTube channel of Sarga. Co, the main company that organizes and manages professional horseracing tournaments in Indonesia.

In popular culture

During the surge of interest in Indonesian horse racing following the global release of Umamusume:Pretty Derby in mid-2025, several Indonesian illustrators created fanarts of local racehorses in the Umamusume style, including King Argentin. The organizer Sarga.co later acknowledged this trend and launched a fanart competition celebrating his victory in the 2025 Indonesia Derby.
In November 2025, during the Piala Raja Hamengkubuwono X at Sultan Agung Racecourse, an attendee appeared in a cosplay portraying an anthropomorphized version of King Argentin based on a fanart as part of a special “Umamusume”-themed exhibition race. The appearance received media coverage and became part of the event’s promotional activities.