Easy Date (born 1972) was an outstanding

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Life

Easy Date was a 1972

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daughter of

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(or AQHA)

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member Easy Jet out of a

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mare named Spot Cash. Spot Cash was a descendant of Teddy and

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.Easy Date Pedigree at All Breed Pedigree Database
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Racing career

Easy Date won the 1974

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as well as the 1975 Rainbow Derby and the 1975 Golden State Derby. She was named AQHA World Champion Quarter Running Horse in 1975, and the 1974 AQHA Champion Quarter Running Two-Year-Old Filly. During her race career, she won 22 races and $849,710.00 in earnings along with an AQHA Superior Race Horse award.Easy Date record at Quarter Horse Directory
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Breeding record and honors

After the end of Easy Date's racing career, she was the mother of eleven foals, eight of whom earned their Race Register of Merit with the AQHA. Three of her foals won

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s and one was a Superior Race Horse award winner. Her offspring earned a total of $101,931.00 on the

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. Easy Date was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 2002.

Pedigree

Notes

References

Easy Date Pedigree at All Breed Pedigree Database
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Easy Date record at Quarter Horse Directory
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External links

Easy Date at Quarter Horse Legends
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