Imperial Choice
{{Short description|Canadian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}
{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Imperial Choice
| image =
| caption =
| sire = Gregorian
| grandsire = Graustark
| dam = Your My Choice
| damsire = Barachois
| sex = Gelding
| foaled = 1982
| country = Canada
| colour = Dark Bay/Brown
| breeder = E. P. Taylor
| owner = Sam-Son Farm
| trainer = Jim Day
| record = 13: 8-3-0
| earnings = $586,628
| race = British Columbia Derby (1985)
Alberta Derby Stakes (1985)
Plate Trial Stakes (1985)
Toronto Cup Handicap (1985)
Canadian Classic Race wins:
Prince of Wales Stakes (1985)
| awards= Canadian Champion 3-Year-Old Male Horse (1985)
Canadian Champion Champion Male Turf Horse (1985)
Canadian Horse of the Year (1985)
| honours =
|updated= August 1, 2008
}}
Imperial Choice (foaled 1982, in Ontario) is a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by E. P. Taylor at his Windfields Farm, his dam was Your My Choice, whose sire Barachois was a son of the 20th Century's most important sire, Northern Dancer. His sire was Gregorian, a son of the outstanding runner Graustark whose career was cut short by injury.
In a year when Imperial Choice won major Canadian races in British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario, he ran second in both the 1985 Queen's Plate and the Breeders' Stakes at Toronto's Woodbine Racetrack but in between, won the Prince of Wales Stakes at the Fort Erie Racetrack. Imperial Choice's performances earned him the 1985 Sovereign Award for Champion 3-Year-Old Male Horse, the Sovereign Award for Champion Male Turf Horse, and Canadian Horse of the Year honours.
References
- [http://www.pedigreequery.com/imperial+choice Imperial Choice's pedigree and partial racing stats]
Category:1982 racehorse births
Category:Racehorses bred in Ontario
Category:Racehorses trained in Canada
Category:Sovereign Award winners