IMPERIAL COUNCIL (EMPIRE MAKER) MAKES HIS MARK
Article taken from TDN
Imperial Council (EMPIRE MAKER--Jaramar Rain {Stakes Winner & Graded Stakes Placed}, $292,660, by Thunder Gulch), beaten a neck by subsequent Grade 2 Hutcheson Stakes and Grade 3 Nashua Stakes runner-up Hello Broadway when second in his inaugural outing at Saratoga Aug. 30, came back to break his maiden at Belmont Oct. 4. The $130,000 Keeneland September yearling was off at 3-2 to make it two in a row. Settled just off the pace as Z Day led them along through a half in a rapid :44.66, the dark bay got up on even terms with the frontrunner at the eighth pole and dug in late to beat that rival by two lengths. Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0, $65,800.
Date:
15 February 2009