Special Effort

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Special Effort
Breed American Quarter Horse
Discipline Racing
Sire Raise Your Glass (TB)
Grandsire Raise A Native (TB)
Dam Go Effortlessly
Maternal grandsire Double Devil
Sex Stallion
Foaled 1979
Country United States
Color Sorrel
Breeder Allen and Jeanette Moehrig
Owner Dan and Jolene Urschel
Honors
Racing record
14-13-0-1
Race earnings
$1,219,949.00
Major racing wins
1981 Kansas Futurity
1981 Rainbow Futurity
1981 All American Futurity
1982 Kansas Derby
Racing awards
1981 Champion 2 year-old, Champion 2 year-old coltAmerican Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) World Champion Quarter Running Horse. 1982 Champion 3 year-old colt.
Honors
American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
Last updated on: March 3, 2008.

Special Effort (1979–2006) was an American Quarter Horse stallion who won the 1981 All American Futurity. He was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Association's (or AQHA) Hall of Fame in 2008.[1]

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[edit] Life

Special Effort was foaled in 1979 and was bred by Allen and Jeanette Moehrig of Seguin, Texas. He was bought in 1981 by Dan and Jolene Urschel for $1,000,000. He won the 1981 Kansas Futurity, Rainbow Futurity and the All American Futurity. He retired from the racetrack to become a sire of racehorses. He died in March 2006.[1] He was syndicated in 1981 for $15 million.[2]

[edit] Pedigree

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Polynesian (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Native Dancer (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Geisha (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Raise A Native (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Case Ace (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Raise You (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lady Glory (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Raise Your Glass (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Polynesian (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Barbizon (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Good Blood (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Champagne Woman (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Never Say Die (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
L'Amour Toujours (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Idle Lovliness (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Special Effort
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Double Feature (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Double Bid
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Paula Thomasina
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Double Devil
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Spotted Bull (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bella St Mary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dolly Mack
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Go Effortlessly
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bull Dog (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Spotted Bull (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Spotted Beauty (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hijo Beauty (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hijo Manso (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hijo Lanty (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sky Lanty (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Staff "Hall of Fame: Inductees Represent the Best of AQHA" Quarter Horse Journal p. 48
  2. ^ Associated Press "Deal of $15 Million For Quarter Horse New York Times

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