Imperial Gun (USA)
About
Imperial Gun is a 4yo dk b/br from the United States trained by Steven M. Asmussen. He is by Gun Runner out of Take A Memo. Imperial Gun has captured 2 wins in his career. On 16th Jun 2025 at Churchill Downs, Imperial Gun earned his most notable triumph, collecting $127,000 in Race 5.
Race Record
| Event Summary | Runner Stats | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Ellis Park 12-Aug-25 1810m R8 Race 8 $3,040 (of $102,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:49.990, SP: 5.00 pursued from midpack two wide, crept closer three wide around the far turn, but flattened out once floated four wide into the lane. | K J Asmussen 55.3kg 5.75L | 5 (6) |
| Ellis Park 22-Jul-25 1609m R7 Race 7 $3,061 (of $104,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:35.860, SP: 13.00 pursued from the four to two path and failed to menace. | K J Asmussen 55.3kg 13.00L | 5 (8) |
| Churchill Downs 16-Jun-25 1508m FIRM R5 Race 5 $80,010 (of $127,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:27.430, SP: 10.00 brushed with an outer foe leaving the gate, tracked along the inside, then from the two path around the turn, tipped inwardly to take rail aim in upper stretch, slipped through in the final furlong to bid at the sixteenth pole and drove past. | K J Asmussen 55.8kg | 1 (6) |
| Oaklawn Park 04-May-25 1709m FIRM R8 Race 8 $13,000 (of $130,000) Barrier 13, Winning Time: 01:43.810, SP: 16.00 six wide into the first turn, five wide exiting, remained outside, four wide when beginning to advance second turn, mild rally to be up late for the show while not a threat to the top two. | E Asmussen 53.1kg 4.50L | 3 (12) |
| Oaklawn Park 20-Apr-25 1709m FIRM R4 Race 4 $1,300 (of $130,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:44.950, SP: 5.00 fell back to trail after the start, swung out five wide when making a mild advance late in the final turn, continued to show some modest interest to the wire. | E Asmussen 53.1kg 9.75L | 5 (9) |
| Fair Grounds 02-Feb-25 1709m FIRM R8 Race 8 (of $59,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:44.740, SP: 5.00 lacked speed in teh four to three path into the backstretch and was done turning for home. | J L Ortiz 54.4kg 45.4kgL | 8 (8) |
| Pimlico 19-May-24 1709m FIRM R10 Pimlico race 10 $10,000 (of $59,055) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:44.980, SP: 11/5 3w,angl,bmp,gme btw | J Rosario 53.5kg 0.25L | 3 (8) |
| Oaklawn Park 21-Apr-24 1810m FIRM R9 Bath House Row Stakes (Stakes) $40,000 (of $200,001) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:51.480, SP: 3/1 Keen1st,trffc1/4,closd | J Rosario 53.5kg 0.20L | 2 (7) |
| Oaklawn Park 31-Mar-24 1810m FIRM R12 Arkansas Derby (Stakes) $37,500 (of $1,499,998) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:49.539, SP: 60/1 Keen 1st,bothered 3/4 | E Esquivel 54.9kg 12.50L | 7 (10) |
| Oaklawn Park 25-Feb-24 1709m FIRM R1 Race 1 $10,500 (of $93,750) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:44.750, SP: 4/5 Closer 4w, flat late | T Gaffalione 55.3kg 0.15L | 4 (7) |
| Oaklawn Park 01-Jan-24 1709m FIRM R5 Md $72,450 (of $115,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:45.960 behind the pace while saving some ground first turn, crept up and lodged a rail bid before a half, showed the way through the final turn, stayed clear through the lane while being kept to pressure. | J Rosario 54.9kg | 1 (12) |
| Oaklawn Park 10-Dec-23 1609m FIRM R8 Md $8,050 (of $115,000) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:40.650 broke well, lagged well back in trailing, picked way through traffic in the second turn, continued mildly to the finish through the short stretch run. | K J Asmussen 54.9kg 3.10L | 4 (10) |