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Imperial, From Page 13
out, “Once he starts, he’s so genuine, and so honest! He gives 100percent.’’
At home in Hamilton, Va., Imperial Mom (a.k.a. “Piglet”) is just one of several leggy bay jumpers housed in the retired doctor’s immaculate new bam. Only his white-rimmed left eye singles him out, giving him a perpetually startled look.
Bred by Donna Rogers from her own “very fast but very crooked” timber mare. Honey’s Mom, Imperial Mom is by the Native Dancer horse Imperial Native. “I figured if I got something that couldn’t run, he'd at least be good-looking,” the former point-to-point rider explained.
She was rewarded with a youngster who was handsome in a rawboned way. But he was timid. “He was such a big, frightened boy, that we weren’t sure he’d stand up emotionally to steeplechasing,’"'Rogers recalled. Strengthened by interval training, Imperial Mom was hauled as a 2-year-old to Charles Town, W.Va., fora few trips out of the gate.
“Then one day, my trainer called me and asked, ‘Has this
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