Classic Empire

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Classic Empire is an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2016 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and the 2017 Arkansas Derby, and for being named the 2016 Champion Two-Year-Old Male.

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instanceOf American racehorse
Thoroughbred racehorse
award 2016 American Champion Two-Year-Old Male Horse
Eclipse Award for Champion Two-Year-Old Male (2016) NERFINISHED
breed Thoroughbred
breeder Brandi Nicholson NERFINISHED
Steven Nicholson NERFINISHED
breedersCupWin 2016 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita Park
color bay
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
dam Sambuca Classica NERFINISHED
damsire Cat Thief NERFINISHED
debutRace 2016 maiden special weight at Churchill Downs
distancePreference middle distances GENERATED
earnings $2,520,220
enteredIn 2017 Belmont Stakes (initially considered, later withdrawn)
2017 Kentucky Derby NERFINISHED
2017 Preakness Stakes NERFINISHED
finished fourth in the 2017 Kentucky Derby
second in the 2017 Preakness Stakes
foaled 2014
foaledIn Kentucky NERFINISHED
foalingYearCrop 2014 North American foal crop
grandsire Empire Maker NERFINISHED
injury foot abscess in early 2017
namedAfter Empire Maker (through grandsire’s name inspiration)
notableProgeny Angel of Empire NERFINISHED
Classic Catch NERFINISHED
notableWin 2016 Bashford Manor Stakes NERFINISHED
2016 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile NERFINISHED
2016 Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity Stakes NERFINISHED
2017 Arkansas Derby NERFINISHED
owner John C. Oxley NERFINISHED
racedAs three-year-old in 2017
two-year-old in 2016
raceRecord 9 starts, 5 wins, 1 second, 1 third
retiredToStud 2018
sex colt
sexStatus stallion
sire Pioneerof the Nile NERFINISHED
standingAtStud Coolmore America NERFINISHED
studFarm Ashford Stud NERFINISHED
studFarmLocation Versailles, Kentucky NERFINISHED
styleOfRunning stalker
surface dirt specialist
temperament known for occasional gate issues
trainedIn United States NERFINISHED
trainer Mark E. Casse NERFINISHED
wonOnDebut true

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Ashford Stud hasStoodStallion Classic Empire