Empery [SEP] father
in the race. Empery finished second in his only subsequent start and was retired to a stud career of limited success.
Background.
Empery was a bay horse bred in Kentucky by his owner the Texas oil company executive Nelson Bunker Hunt. Empery's sire was Vaguely Noble, the winner of the 1968 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe who also sired Hunt's great racing mare, Dahlia. His grandsire Vienna was owned and raced by Sir Winston Churchill. Empery's dam Peruvian Triple Crown racemare Pamplona II, who had previously
system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Empery a "poor" winner of the Derby.
Stud record.
After his Derby win, Empery was syndicated jointly with Youth, with investors paying $300,000 for a share in both horses. Empery met with modest success at stud. Standing at Hunt's Bluegrass Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, he notably sired Blue Finn, the 1986 Canadian Champion 2-Year-Old Colt, plus U.S. multiple stakes winner, Barbery. Empery is the damsire of Star Over The Bay, a