 He is buried at the park in the Hall of Champions.Imperator won four five-gaited World Grand Championships at the World's Championship Horse Show, in 1980, 1981, 1985, and 1986; when he won it for the last time, at age 12, he became the oldest horse to win the title.He also won the five-gaited Gelding Championship at the same show in 1979, 1980–83, 1985, 1986, and 1988, setting the record for the most times an individual horse won the title.