Easy Jet (horse)
Easy Jet (1967–1992) was a racing champion American Quarter Horse. He was one of only two horses to have been a member of the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) Hall of Fame as well as being an offspring of members. Easy Jet won the 1969 All American Futurity, the highest race for Quarter Horse racehorses, and was named World Champion Quarter Race Horse in the same year. He earned the highest speed rating awarded at the time—AAAT. After winning 27 of his 38 races in two years of racing, he retired from the race track and became a breeding stallion.
| Easy Jet | |
|---|---|
Easy Jet | |
| Breed | American Quarter Horse |
| Discipline | Racing |
| Sire | Jet Deck |
| Grandsire | Moon Deck |
| Dam | Lena's Bar (TB) |
| Maternal grandsire | Three Bars (TB) |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1967 |
| Country | United States |
| Color | Sorrel |
| Breeder | Walter Merrick |
| Record | |
| 38–27–7–2, AAAT speed rating | |
| Earnings | |
| $445,721.00 (equivalent to $3,497,000 in 2023) | |
| Major wins | |
| 1969 All American Futurity; All American Quarter Horse Congress Futurity; Kansas Futurity; Laddie Stakes; Rocky Mountain Quarter Horse Derby; Sunland Park Fall Futurity; Blue Ribbon Futurity; Columbus Triple Crown Futurity; Lubbock Downs Futurity; Raton Derby; Rocky Mountain Quarter Horse Futurity; Colorado Wonderland Handicap | |
| Awards | |
| 1969 World Champion Quarter Running Horse, 1970 Champion Quarter Running Stallion | |
| Honors | |
| American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame | |
| Last updated on: April 29, 2009. | |
As a sire, he was the first All American Futurity winner to sire an All American Futurity winner, and went on to sire three winners of that race, and nine Champion Quarter Running Horses. Ultimately, his ownership and breeding rights were split into 60 shares worth $500,000 each—a total of $30 million. By 1993, the year after his death, his foals had earned more than $25 million on the racetrack.