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IMPERIAL EAGLE si 94, $1,721,507
Champion 2 Year Old, Champion 2-Year-Old Gelding
Mr Jess Perry
One Famous Eagle
Streakin La Jolla
Scoopie Fein
Chicks Beduino
Streakin Six Bottom’s Up Sinn Fein Legs La Scoop Beduino TB
A Classy Chick Dash For Cash Pfeffernusse
Special Effort
Fly In The Pie Dash For Cash Genuine Knockout Coup De Kas TB Wendy Feature Young Beduino Real Easy Surprise
Easy Six
Miss Assured
Raise Your Glass TB La Jolla
Three Oh’s Vansarita Too Scooper Chick
La Ferne
Romany Royal Jo-Ann-Cat
Chick’s Deck Mayshego TB Rocket Wrangler Find A Buyer TB Tiny’s Gay
Chick’s Fantacia
Raise Your Glass TB Go Effortlessly
Pie In The Sky Flying Rockette Rocket Wrangler Find A Buyer TB Special Effort Possumjet Kaskaskia
Mor Coup
Jerry Crow TB Three Ofeature Beduino TB
I Love A Saint Realeasy Chick Surprising Results
Easy Jet
Peggy Toro
Little Request TB Assured
Raise A Native Champagne Woman
St Bar
Top Pretty TB
Three Chicks OhMyOh
Vandy Garrettsmisspawhuska Triple Chick
Scoop Bam Quicksilver King
Nikita
Grey Sovereign Romany Belle Rejected
Quick Eye
Three Chicks
Decketta
Mayhego
Aegean Goddess Rocket Bar TB
Go Galla Go
To Market
Hide And Seek
Tiny Watch
Gay’s Delight
Three Chicks
Fantacia
Raise A Native Champange Woman Double Devil
Hijo Beauty TB Easy Jet
Miss Jelly Roll Rocket Bar TB
Fly Straw
Rocket Bar TB
Go Galla Go
To Market
Hide And Seek Raise Your Glass TB Go Effortlessly
Jet Deck
Susie Possum Catullus Cymbidium Villamor
Re Bley
Crozier
Madam Jerry Truckle Feature Eightohthree Romany Royal Jo-Ann-Cat
St Bar
Love Unlimited Real Easy Jet Romeo’s Chick Jet Rockette Katie B Deck
One Famous Lady
One Slick Cookie IMPERIAL EAGLE, ’14, G.
Genuine Strawfly
Jenuiine Joy
Strawfly Special
High Fashion Dash
Super Duper Couper
Super Perla NEgra
Red Tag Sale
Breeder: Fredda Draper
Owner: Charles E. Robinson
Trainer: Tony Sedillo
Jockeys: Esgar Ramirez, John Valenzuela
2016 Record: 9-6(3)-2(1)-0, $1,721,507, All American F.-G1, SW Juv. Champ.-G1, Sunland Park Winter Juv. Invit., 2nd W. Tx. F.-G2
Imperial Eagle made his presence known in New Mexico, winning stakes at Ruidoso Downs, Zia Park, and Sunland Park. But, it was his performance in the All American Futurity-G1 that clinched his chances for Champion 2 Year Old and Champion 2-Year-Old Gelding.
“He’s a very special horse for a very special man,” said trainer Tony Sedillo.
Sedillo trains Imperial Eagle for 83-year-old owner Chuck Robinson, whose health kept him from seeing his horse in person during much of the year. However, Robinson and a friend drove for three days from his home in North Carolina to witness Imperial Eagle’s All American win.
“Winning the race was like a dream come true,” Robinson said a few days after the victory.
Fredda Draper bred Imperial Eagle in California from the mare Jenuine Joy, who earned $382,230 and won five stakes. Sedillo found the youngster for Robinson at the 2015 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale for $48,000.
“He picked out the horse and handled
the bidding—I wasn’t there,” said Robinson. “Based on the record, I think he did a good job. I would take his advice on any purchase I intended to make.”
Leading up to the All American, Imperial Eagle finished second in his trial and final of the West Texas Futurity-G2 at Sunland Park. While he won his trial for the Ruidoso Futurity-G1 and Rainbow Futurity-G1, he didn’t qualify for either final.
That changed with his All American trial. Imperial Eagle qualified the fastest from both days of trials and then took the final by a neck with Esgar Ramirez aboard.
“I didn’t realize the extent of the support
for that race until I actually was there,” said Robinson. “It was a great opportunity to go and watch it.”
Imperial Eagle wasn’t finished, though. On Dec. 4, he scored by a length in the Southwest Juvenile Championship Stakes-G1 at Zia Park. Then, on the final day of 2016, he added the Sunland Park Winter Juvenile Invitational, winning by a nose.
With six wins and two seconds in nine starts, Imperial Eagle earned $1,721,507, the most of any Quarter Horse in 2016.
All American Futurity-G1
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