Special Effort (April 9, 1979 – March 11, 2006)[1][2] was an American Quarter Horse stallion who won the 1981 All American Futurity.
He was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Association's (or AQHA) Hall of Fame in 2008.
[3][4] Special Effort was foaled in 1979 and was bred by Allen and Jeanette Moehrig of Seguin, Texas.
He was bought in 1981 by Dan and Jolene Urschel for $1,000,000.
He retired from the racetrack to become a sire of racehorses.