Arcadian Emperor

What's interesting about Arcadian Emperor is less what he's done so far and more what Mullins sees in him going forward. The trainer has described him as a "big chasing type"—a horse built for the jumps rather than flat racing—and suggested his real future lies in that direction once he's gained more experience. For now, at five years old and still relatively new to racing, he remains active and is being given the chance to develop. That recent second-place finish suggests he's running well even if he's not quite finding the winner's enclosure as often as his the yard would like. With Mullins' reputation for developing young horses into genuine contenders over jumps, there may be more interesting days ahead for Arcadian Emperor than his record so far indicates.