Royal Santana (May 1971 – 1995) was a sorrel Quarter Horse gelding sired by Peppy San and out of a mare named Royal Smart.
[1] In Royal Santana's show career he was an American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA) World Champion and Reserve World Champion.
[2] With the National Cutting Horse Association (or NCHA) he earned $174,146.29 in cutting contests and a Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Certificate of Ability from the NCHA.
[3] Royal Santana was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame[4] in 2000.
After he died in 1995, they buried him next to the arena named in his honor at Merrill’s Windward Stud.