Royal Santana

Royal Santana (May 1971 – 1995) was a sorrel Quarter Horse gelding sired by Peppy San and out of a mare named Royal Smart. Royal Smart was a daughter of Royal King and out of a descendant of Traveler named Moss Jackie Tobin.

In Royal Santana's show career he was an American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA) World Champion and Reserve World Champion. With the National Cutting Horse Association (or NCHA) he earned $174,146.29 in cutting contests and a Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Certificate of Ability from the NCHA.

Royal Santana was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 2000. After he died in 1995, they buried him next to the arena named in his honor at Merrill’s Windward Stud.

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