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Lyrical Chant, at Hereford where she was in the lead (and I believe the favorite).
She was 8. 12 starts, had never won, and she'd been pulled up in 4 of those races... * * * Unowatimeen, at Southwell. He was 12. * * * Bottman, 7 , fell to his death at Haydock. He'd been pulled up in his last start at Cheltenham in March. * * * Master Oats... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rac...Oats-dies.html |
HIPPOLYTUS PUT DOWN
Queen’s Plate runner-up HIPPOLYTUS was put down recently when he became ill. Trainer Mark Casse told Thoroughblog: “We really don’t know what happened to him, he was out in his paddock and when groom went to get him to bring him in for the evening he couldn’t walk behind. He went in for surgery and they put him down on the surgery table.” The son of Philanthropist, bred by John Carey, earned over $460,000 for Horse n Around and Richard Lederman. He was stakes placed many times and gave jockey Tyler Pizarro a huge thrill when he led into the stretch of last year’s Plate. http://www.horse-canada.com/thorough...RlXEw.facebook Pictures from happier days... http://www.woodbineentertainment.com...bum=Hippolytus |
Massimo, who was 12...
He fell before the start of his race at Aintree last week (3.15 miles, 18 fences). He had raced twice in 2004, once in 2005, twice in 2006, once in 2008 and then this year... :confused: RIP |
Onebadboy, who was running at Los Al (???) the other night.
No word on the 2nd horse involved... http://www1.drf.com/drfPDFChartRaces...=20120525&RN=4 |
Sumacha’hot, a 7YO gelding by Mojave Moon out of the Broad Brush mare Monochrome, winner of the 2009 Jim McKay Maryland Million Classic, who of 34 starts was 11-7-3.
http://www.horseracing.com/blog/a-da...or-sumachahot/ Abby Kalem, a 4YO filly by Pomeroy, 2-3-2 of 20 starts. 5YO Brickyardtradition, who broke his maiden as a 3YO in the Oregon Derby. 29-3-4-5. |
Ipswich Bay, a 4 year old daughter of Rockport Harbor, in the 9th race at Belmont. She had 1 win in 9 starts.
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Grade I Winner/Producer Madcap Escapade Dies
By Blood-Horse Staff Updated: Monday, June 4, 2012 6:20 PM Posted: Monday, June 4, 2012 5:36 PM Madcap Escapade, a grade I winner whose first foal developed into a grade I winner, died June 2 of colic. She was owned by Bruce Lunsford and John Sikura’s Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms. The 11-year-old Hennessy mare will be buried close to the farm’s foundation mare, Daijin, at Hill ‘n’ Dale near Lexington. “Madcap Escapade was a fantastic race mare and well on her way to becoming a great broodmare,” Sikura said. “Her first foal, Mi Sueno, was a grade I winner. “We have retained an A.P. Indy filly (3-year-old Divine Escapade) out of Madcap Escapade who is unraced and in foal to War Front , and will race her 2-year-old colt by Unbridled's Song .” A $160,000 Keeneland September yearling, Madcap Escapade won seven of nine starts and earned $1,052,852 for Lunsford while trained by Frank L. Brothers. Her most important triumph came in the 2004 Ashland Stakes (gr. I) at Keeneland over subsequent champion Ashado. In her next start Madcap Escapade finished third to Ashado in the Kentucky Oaks (gr. I). Madcap Escapade won five other stakes, four of which were graded, including the Shirley Jones Handicap (gr. II) in track-record time, the Princess Rooney Handicap (gr. II), and the Stonerside Forward Gal Stakes (gr. II). Madcap Escapade was North America’s highest-price broodmare purchase of 2006. Consigned by Claiborne Farm, agent, she was bought by Hill ‘n’ Dale while in foal to Pulpit for $6 million at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale. Mi Sueno was the resultant foal. Mi Sueno was one of the leading 2-year-olds of 2009. A $1.7 million Keeneland November weanling, Mi Sueno captured the Darley Debutante Stakes (gr. I) and the Sorrento Stakes (gr. III). Madcap Escapade’s youngest foals are an Unbridled’s Song yearling filly and a Malibu Moon colt born this year. Bred in Kentucky by Needham/Betz Thoroughbreds and James Blackburn, Madcap Escapade was out of the stakes-winning Saratoga Six mare Sassy Pants and was a half sister to two stakes winners including grade I winner Dubai Escapade. Copyright © 2012 Blood-Horse Publications. All rights reserved internationally. |
Oh wow... very sad news. :(
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that's just awful news about madcap.
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Major Producer Minstrella Dies
By Blood-Horse Staff Updated: Wednesday, June 6, 2012 12:13 PM Posted: Wednesday, June 6, 2012 12:13 PM Minstrella, a homebred champion and major producer for the late Edward P. Evans, was euthanized early this year at age 28. By The Minstrel, Virginia-bred Minstrella was buried at Spring Hill Farm, owned by Evans’ estate, near Casanova, Va. A great-granddaughter of Hall of Fame race mare Gallorette, Minstrella was Ireland’s champion 2-year-old filly of 1986 and an English group I winner that year. She captured both of Ireland’s group I stakes for 2-year-olds, the Heinz 57 Phoenix Stakes for colts and fillies, and the Moyglare Stud Stakes for fillies. In England, she won the group I Tattersalls Cheveley Park Stakes by way of a disqualification and captured that year’s Chesham Stakes. Minstrella was returned to the United States in the middle of 1987. In her sole U.S. race, she finished 10th in the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Keeneland. She was retired with a record of 4-2-0 from 11 starts and earnings of $317,280. As a broodmare, Minstrella produced 16 foals, 11 of which were winners, including stakes winners Colonial Minstrel, Minidar, and Unrestrained, all of which raced as homebreds for Evans. Colonial Minstrel and Minidar were graded winners. Evans also won stakes with several second-generation descendants of Minstrella. The group includes A Little Warm, who won the 2010 Jim Dandy Stakes (gr. II) at Saratoga, and other graded winner Pleasant Strike. A third-generation desecendant, Mini Sermon, captured the Top Flight Handicap (gr. II). Minstrella, who produced her last foal in 2007, was produced from the stakes-placed Misty Flight mare Flight Dancer, whose granddaughter Quiet Dance is the second dam of Horse of the Year Saint Liam. Copyright © 2012 Blood-Horse Publications. All rights reserved internationally. |
Leading Irish Broodmare Market Slide Dies
By Blood-Horse Staff Updated: Wednesday, June 6, 2012 6:07 PM Posted: Wednesday, June 6, 2012 6:07 PM Moyglare Stud’s Market Slide, an Irish Broodmare of the Year, died a few days ago after recently foaling a Montjeu filly. Market Slide, a graded stakes-place mare by Gulch out of the Grenfall mare Grenzen, was 21. Market Slide was Ireland’s Broodmare of the Year in 2002 when her son Media Puzzle (by Theatrical) won the Toohey’s New Melbourne Cup Handicap (Aus-I) and another son, Refuse To Bend (by Sadler's Wells), captured the Aga Khan Studs National Stakes (Ire-I) as a 2-year-old. Refuse To Bend distinguished himself further when he won the 2003 Sagitta Two Thousand Guineas (Eng-I) and the Desmond Stakes (Ire-III) to become Ireland’s champion 3-year-old miler. Market Slide also produced two stakes-placed runners including Irish group II performer Domestic Fund. Market Slide’s youngest foal other than the newborn is a 2-year-old Montjeu colt named Make The News, who is in training in Ireland with Dermot Weld. Copyright © 2012 Blood-Horse Publications. All rights reserved internationally. |
Record-breaking Mister Park suffers fatal injury
By Guy Butchers South Korea: Mister Park, who in October set a Korean record of 17 consecutive victories, was put down on Sunday after suffering a rupture of the distal sesamoid ligament as he came to win his race at Busan. The Korean-bred son of Ecton Park had won 19 of his 21 career starts and was 2011 Horse of the Year in Korea, where the five-year-old was a national hero. His races were shown on Korean news channels, while there was also a TV documentary made about him and even a Mister Park children's stuffed toy was marketed. Trained by Kim Young Kwan, Mister Park's career highlight was his victory in the 2010 Gran Prix Stakes at Seoul in the distinctive red and yellow silks of owner Kwak Jong Soo. http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse...=last7DaysNews |
Mutahadee...
http://www.sportinglife.com/racing_n...Mutahadee.html Happier days... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIdjJtO0qlE |
Darara, Dam of Four Champions, Dies
By Blood-Horse Staff Updated: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 9:01 AM Posted: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 8:52 AM Darara, whose five group I winners include four champions, died last week. The Irish-bred daughter of Top Ville out of French group stakes-placed Delsy (by Abdos) was 29. Campaigned as a homebred by the Aga Khan, Darara was France’s second-highest-weighted filly at 3 in 1986. She won the Trusthouse Forte Prix Vermeille (Fr-I) and the Prix de Psyche (Fr-III). In that year's Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. IT) at Santa Anita, won by Manila, she finished ninth. Darara was retired with a record of 3-1-0 from six starts and earnings of $146,917. Darara began her broodmare career in North America. Her first four foals were by Kentucky stallions. Her initial offspring, Dariyoun (by Shahrastani), was a champion and group I winner in Spain. Another offspring, Dararita (by Halo), became the dam of German champion Darasim. Darara was returned to Ireland in 1991. Her first stakes winner following her return, Darazari, was an Australian group I winner and a French group II winner. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Watership Down Stud bought Darara at Goffs in 1994. Her offspring following the purchase included champion/group I winners Diaghilev, Dar Re Mi, and Rewilding. Diaghilev was a champion in Hong Kong; Dar Re Mil was an English champion; and Rewilding was a champion in Dubai. Darara, who was pensioned after foaling Rewilding, produced 12 foals including group stakes-placed Kilimanjaro and Rhagaas. Following her broodmare career, Darara was sent from Watership Down in Newbury, England, to live at the farm of Philip and Lucinda Freedman. Darara was a half sister to French champion and classic winner Darshaan and European champion Dalara, dam of English group I winner Daliapour. Copyright © 2012 Blood-Horse Publications. All rights reserved internationally. |
Giant Ryan euthanized :(
Posted: Thursday, June 14, 2012 6:51 PM * Grade 1 winner and reigning New York-bred Horse of the Year Giant Ryan was euthanized at the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center due to the onset of laminitis, Shivananda Parbhoo confirmed late Thursday afternoon. The 6-year-old son of Freud broke both sesamoid bones in his left front fetlock during the running of Saturday's Grade 2 True North Handicap at Belmont Park. "The highs in this game are high, and the lows are low. This is the absolute bottom," the Calder-based owner said. Giant Ryan was sent to New Bolton Center on Sunday and was expected to undergo a surgical fusion of the fetlock joint. That procedure was initially delayed as the injury to the horse had limited blood flow from the ankle down. According to Parbhoo, blood flow returned to the damaged limb as of Wednesday, and surgery was scheduled for Friday. "Over the last few days he was eating and drinking just fine, and he seemed to be doing everything right," Parbhoo said. "But earlier today we could see that things were getting a little shaky. He couldn't put any weight on the injured leg, so he was relying on his other legs to carry his body, and that is what brought on the laminitis. "And once the signs of laminitis are present, the only option is to do the right thing for the horse, so he doesn't have to suffer. This horse gave us so much, we had to do what was right for him. "My family and I are thankful to everyone that offered us their prayers and kind words. This is the first horse we've had break down, and it's just such a sad feeling, it isn't likely to go away." Giant Ryan developed into one of the nation's leading sprinters last season, compiling a six-race winning streak capped by the Grade 2 Smile Sprint Handicap and the Grade 1 Vosburgh Invitational. He concluded the year with an eighth in the Breeders' Cup Sprint. Shipped to Dubai for the Group 1 Golden Shaheen on March 31, Giant Ryan checked in fifth, his last start prior to the True North. His scorecard reads 17-8-1-1, $686,841. Copyright © 2012 Blood-Horse Publications. All rights reserved internationally. |
Not surprised, but still very sad :(
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dammit to hell. i can't say i'm surprised at the news about giant ryan, but was hoping for the best.
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Awww... this week sucks. :(
David Grening@DRFGrening More sad news: NY-bred Yawanna Twist, General George winner, euthanized after injuring hind leg awakening following routine ankle surgery. https://twitter.com/#%21/DRFGrening |
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Mr. Producer, 4 yr. old colt by Dehere, broke down in the 9th race at CD on 6/16.:(
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Alfloramoor, a 10 year old gelding, collapsed and died after finishing last at Uttoxoter earlier this month.
He had 2 wins (2009 and 2010) in 42 starts RIP |
The Nile, at Royal Ascot today.
William Buick had had his choice of the 3 Gosden runners, and although Fencing was highly regarded, chose to stick with this one. A shame. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp...e672c0a7d9.2f1 |
Blumin Affair, Third in the Derby, Dies
By Blood-Horse Staff Updated: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 3:57 PM Posted: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 3:34 PM Blumin Affair, who finished third in the 1994 Kentucky Derby (gr. I) and second in the 1993 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (gr. I), was euthanized June 16. The 21-year-old son of Dynaformer had suffered from equine protozoal myeloencephalits since last August. He stood at Roger Pelster’s Roger’s Ranch near Mead, Neb., and was buried at the farm. Campaigned by Art Vogel and Leroy Bowman and trained by Jack Van Berg, Blumin Affair finished behind Go for Gin and Strodes Creek in the Kentucky Derby and was beaten by Brocco in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at 42-1 odds. Following the Run for the Roses, Blumin Affair finished sixth in the Preakness Stakes (gr. I). Blumin Affair won his sole stakes at 4, capturing the San Diego Handicap (gr. III). Blumin Affair placed in five other stakes including the Pacific Classic Stakes (gr. I) and the Arkansas Derby (gr. II). He was retired with a record of 4-6-2 from 17 starts and earnings of $867,065. Blumin Affair was Nebraska’s leading sire nine consecutive years (2003-11) and heads the list this year. He has sired 31 stakes winners and the earners of more than $8.4 million. His leading runners include Plum Sober, Blumin Beauty, Sempre Blumin, and Hesablumin. Bred in Kentucky by Gulf States Racing Stables, Blumin Affair was one of two foals produced from the winning Dr. Blum mare Medical Affair, whose graded stakes-winning full sister Medicine Woman also produced a stakes winner by Dynaformer. Copyright © 2012 Blood-Horse Publications. All rights reserved internationally. |
Leading Candidate, at Parx yesterday...
http://www1.drf.com/drfPDFChartRaces...=20120619&RN=1 From RP... Tylicki taken to hospital after Ripon fallFreddie Tylicki has been taken to hospital in York for an x-ray on a foot after a fall at Ripon. David Allen was fine after his fall but unfortunately his mount Warrick Brown lost his life. (3 hours ago http://www.racingpost.com/ He was 3 years old and this was his 5th start. He had never won. RIP |
DESERT SUN
Desert Sun, the broodmare sire of unbeaten Australian Horse of the Year Black Caviar and the sire of Australian and New Zealand Horse of the Year Sunline, has died at Eliza Park in Victoria, Australia, according to the Racing Post. The pensioned son of Green Desert was 24. Bred in Great Britain by Charlton Down Stud, Desert Sun raced first in England, placing in three group stakes, and later in North America while trained by Bobby Frankel for Juddmonte Farms Lessee. Desert Sun ran second in the 1993 Golden Gate Fields Budweiser Breeders’ Cup Handicap and third in the Bel Air Handicap (gr. II). He was retired with a record of 3-7-6 from 23 starts and earnings of $186,865. Sunline, a New Zealand-bred, is a four-time Horse of the Year in New Zealand and a three-timer in Australia. The fabulous mare, one of her sire’s 34 stakes winners, won 13 group I stakes. Black Caviar ran her unbeaten record to 22 when she captured the Diamond Jubilee Stakes (Eng-I) at Royal Ascot June 23. The Australian-bred daughter by Bel Esprit has earnings of $6,295,594. Desert Sun, who is out of the group stakes-placed Hotfoot mare Solar, also stood in England and Ireland. Copyright © 2012 Blood-Horse Publications. All rights reserved internationally. |
Champion Hollywood Wildcat Dies
Hollywood Wildcat, who beat defending champion older female Paseana in the 1993 Breeders’ Cup Distaff (gr. I) to clinch champion 3-year-old filly honors, died June 23 at Hal Snowden Jr.’s Roseglade Farm near Wilmore, Ky., because of complications from cancer. Owned by Irving Cowan, Hollywood Wildcat was 22 and in foal to Kitten's Joy from a Feb. 28 cover. A homebred for Cowan and his wife, Marjorie, Hollywood Wildcat went into the Distaff off four consecutive wins under Eddie Delahoussaye. She started out winning the Hollywood Oaks (gr. I) and then reeled off scores in the San Clemente Handicap on turf, the Del Mar Invitational Oaks (gr. IIT), and the Lady Secret’s Handicap. Ridden by Delahoussaye in the Distaff, Hollywood Wildcat held on to win by a nose as the 6-5 favorite. The Distaff proved so inspiring that it was chosen by readers of The Blood-Horse as the "Race of the Year." Hollywood Wildcat was a stakes winner in her three other years of racing. At 2 she won the Sorority Stakes (gr. III) and two other stakes. At 4 she captured the Gamely Handicap (gr. IT) and another Lady’s Secret. As a 5-year-old she took the Little Brianne Stakes in her sole start that year. Trained by Neil Drysdale, Hollywood Wildcat (Kris S.—Miss Wildcatter, by Mr. Prospector) was retired with a record of 12-3-3 from 21 starts and earnings of $1,432,160. It didn’t take long for Hollywood Wildcat to earn fame as a broodmare for the Cowans. Her second foal, homebred War Chant , won the 2000 Breeders’ Cup Mile (gr. IT). It was only the second time that a Breeders’ Cup-winning filly or mare had produced a Breeders’ Cup winner. The first was 1988 Distaff winner Personal Ensign, whose daughter, My Flag, won the 1995 Juvenile Fillies (gr. I). War Chant, by Danzig, stands at Robert N. Clay's Three Chimneys Farm near Midway, Ky. Hollywood Wildcat produced other stakes winners Double Cat, Ministers Wild Cat , and Ivan Denisovich, a group II winner in England. Hollywood Wildcat’s other offspring include stakes-placed Bold Warrior and Shintoh. Hollywood Wildcat’s youngest offspring is an unraced Street Cry 2-year-old colt named Profound. Copyright © 2012 Blood-Horse Publications. All rights reserved internationally. |
4YO colt Karma Shield in his tenth start, a maiden claiming race at Belmont. He was by Petionville, out of Boot Um Bertie (Storm Boot).
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5YO Imaging in a maiden special weight at Belmont. By Dynaformer, out of Gaze (Danzig), this was his 12th career start.
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Lincoln, who I think was 12, at Shadai (Japan) as per Tachyon on TC.
Lincoln was one of those fan favorites cause he was always right there at the end in the big races although usually not first. He did win some G2s... the Hanshin Daishoten, the Kyoto Daishoten and the NIkkei Sho. As far as G1 races he was 2nd in the Kikuka Sho (Japanese St. Leger), in the Arima Kinen, and in the Tenno Sho (sorry these were all different years). He placed in the Japan Cup, in the Tarakazuka Kinen (twice), the Arima Kinen,... geez there were others. Anyway I always did like him a lot and it's sad to hear of his passing and pretty shocking there's no press on it. Here's a great race... Deep Impact smashes all records in it and he is thrilling but check out the brave run by Lincoln cause although not right there at the front he sure as hell is the only other one to leave the entire field in the dust. Rest in peace. The 2006 G1 Tenno Sho... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5kHXdOQGYs |
Grade II Winner Millionreasonswhy Dies
By Blood-Horse Staff Updated: Sunday, July 1, 2012 2:30 PM Posted: Sunday, July 1, 2012 12:29 PM Sagamore Racing’s Millionreasonswhy died the morning of July 1 after a training accident at Sagamore Farm near Glyndon, Md. During a routine workout, she crashed through a rail on the three-quarter-mile training track and died instantly of internal injuries. Trained by Ignacio Correas IV, Millionreasonswhy (Grand Slam —In Secure by A.P. Indy) finished in the top three in all of her six starts. She won last year’s Matron Stakes (gr. II) at Belmont Park and this year’s Wide Country Stakes at Laurel Park. She placed in the Adirondack Stakes (gr. II), the Comely Stakes (gr. III), and the Miss Preakness Stakes May 18 in her last start. She complied a career record of 3-2-1 and had earnings of $223,340. “This is a very emotional day for our team,” said Sagamore Racing general manager Tom Mullikin. “Millionreasonswhy was a classy and tough filly that had not yet reached her full potential. She was also a very sweet horse that was always a pleasure to be around. I want to thank Ignacio, Bob Feld, and our entire team who cared for Millionreasonswhy. We also want to thank Millionreasonswhy’s fans and supporters of Sagamore Racing. We will miss her dearly.” Millionreasonswhy was bred in Kentucky by Tom Evans, Tenlane Farm, and Oratis. Millionreasonswhy will be buried in the Sagamore Farm cemetery alongside Hall of Fame horses Native Dancer, Discovery, and Bed o’ Roses. Keeping with the tradition of the farm, she will be buried whole with her blanket, halter, and a basket of treats. Copyright © 2012 Blood-Horse Publications. All rights reserved internationally. |
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I happened to see the race. He wins and gets injured after the wire galloping out. http://www.drf.com/news/hollywood-pa...ter-kerlan-win |
Sweet Vera, 7, after falling at Doncaster on the 30th...
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Chater Mikado, at Sha Tin while in the stalls. They believe he had a heart attack.
Only 4 he had raced in Randwick and Rosehill as The Mikado. This is his only HK win... http://racing.hkjc.com/racing/info/m...20111023/HV/09 "He was standing in there for a while and he was very quiet, then he gave one little twinge and didn't move. That was when I got off him because I thought he was about to rear and flip over, but he stayed leaning against the side of the stall and one of the barrier attendants told me he was dead. I didn't believe it but they said it again. It happened very quickly." - Zac Putron |
Grade I Winner Key Contender Dies
By Blood-Horse Staff Posted: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 8:41 AM Key Contender, winner of the 1995 Suburban Handicap (gr. I), died June 29 at Old Friends NY at Cabin Creek-the Bobby Frankel Division in Greenfield Center, N.Y., because of complications from colic. Key Contender, who was sent to Old Friends in February after being pensioned from stallion duty at Highcliff Farm in New York, was 24. A son of Fit to Fight bred in Virginia by Paul Mellon, Key Contender initially raced for Mellon’s Rokeby Stable and later for Flying Zee Stable, which purchased the horse for $170,000 from Rokeby consignment to the 1994 Fasig-Tipton New York November sale of horses of racing age. Key Contender carved out a record of 15-17-6 from 56 starts and $839,261 in earnings. In addition to winning the Suburban for Flying Zee and trainer Jose Martin at age 7, he set a track record at Saratoga and one at Belmont Park. Produced from the grade II stakes-placed Key to the Mint mare Key Witness, Key Contender was a half brother to multiple grade I winner You'd Be Surprised, dam of stakes winner Mystery Itself. Copyright © 2012 Blood-Horse Publications. All rights reserved internationally. |
Pensioned Broodmare Timeless Sue Dies
By Blood-Horse Staff Posted: Thursday, July 12, 2012 8:19 AM Timeless Sue, a 33-year-old daughter of Timeless Moment, died July 11 at Our Mims Retirement Haven near Paris, Ky. “This is so unexpected,” said Our Mims Retirement Haven manager Jeanne Mirabito. “Sue danced out of the barn last night. She looked happy, healthy, and young despite her age. We found her in Our Mims’ favorite grazing spot. It looks like she just laid down and died.” Timeless Sue produced 10 foals, five of which won, including Timeless Girl, the dam of graded stakes winner Bourbon Belle. By Storm Boot, Bourbon Belle is the dam of Canadian champion and Queen’s Plate Stakes winner Not Bourbon . Timeless Sue, who was produced from the Reflected Glory mare Strella, carved out a record of 7-3-2 from 38 starts. She earned $101,685. Timeless Sue was bred in Kentucky by J. W. Thompson and Sons. Timeless Sue arrived at Our Mims Retirement Haven in March 2005. Her 33rd birthday was celebrated April 26 with a carrot cake at the Haven. Timeless Sue was buried in the Haven cemetery. Copyright © 2012 Blood-Horse Publications. All rights reserved internationally. |
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Eternal Orage, a multiple stakes winner on the New England circuit, died July 15 at Old Friends retirement center of an apparent heart attack. The son of Eternal Prince was 25 and had been pensioned at Old Friends near Georgetown, Ky., since 2006.
Bred and raced by Alfred DiRico, Kentucky-bred Eternal Orage won or placed in 40 of 65 starts and earned $336,116. Included in his 17 wins were the Sam McCracken Memorial Handicap at Rockingham Park and two editions of the Old Ironsides Handicap at Suffolk Downs. Eternal Orage stood at stud at Elberton Hill Farm in Maryland, Mill Creek Farm in New York, and Bri-Mar Farm in Massachusetts before going to Old Friends. During his stud career, he sired 14 winners and two stakes-placed horses for total progeny earnings of just over $700,000. "Eternal Orage was a personal favorite," said Old Friends president Michael Blowen. "I saw him win several races in New England, including the Sam McCracken Memorial, a handicap named for the late Boston Globe turf writer and one of my dearest friends. Eternal Orage kept his own counsel. He displayed a quiet confidence and never caused any trouble. While often overshadowed by his (Old Friends) neighbors Tinners Way and Williamstown, there was nothing not to like about him." http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...nal-orage-dies  (photo from Old Friends) |
4YO Holy Bear, a grey gelding by Giacomo out of No Kings (Tabasco Cat) Saturday in a claiming race at Parx. 11-2-0-2 $31,892
http://www.drf.com/news/parx-racing-...eaks-leg-spill 3YO chestnut filly Salsa Mambo by Include, out of Miss Special Salsa (Mr. Greeley) at Belmont. 9-1-2-0 $42,342 http://www.drf.com/news/belmont-park...in-meet-titles |
Pensioned California Stallion Houston Dies
By Blood-Horse Staff Updated: Monday, July 16, 2012 5:13 PM Posted: Monday, July 16, 2012 4:39 PM Houston, a high-priced sale yearling who developed into a multiple graded stakes winner, died April 12 from the infirmities of old age at Ren-Mar Thoroughbreds near Temecula, Calif. The pensioned son of Seattle Slew out of champion Smart Angle (by Quadrangle) was 26. Bred in Maryland by Ross Valley Farm, Houston was the second-highest-priced yearling of 1987. Consigned by Eaton-Williams, agent for Ross Valley, Houston was purchased by trainer D. Wayne Lukas for $2.9 million at the Keeneland July yearling sale. Houston debuted as a 2-year-old with a 12 1/2-length victory at Belmont Park in July. He raced once more that year, winning at Hollywood Park over another promising colt, Sunday Silence. Placed on the Triple Crown trail, Houston won the Bay Shore Stakes (gr. II) at Belmont Park by 10 1/2 lengths in his 3-year-old debut. He next finished fifth in the Santa Anita Derby (gr. I), won by Sunday Silence, and then captured the Derby Trial Stakes (gr. III) at Churchill Downs. Houston and Sunday Silence faced each in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes (both gr. I). Racing in the Derby for Lukas, Barry Beal, and L.R. French, Houston maintained a slight lead before weakening near the top of the stretch and finishing eighth behind Sunday Silence. In the Preakness, Houston led for part of race before fading to finish sixth, again behind Sunday Silence. Later that year Houston won the King's Bishop Stakes (gr. III) at Saratoga Race Course and was second in the Tom Fool Stakes (gr. II). Houston raced twice as a 4-year-old before being retired with a record of 5-1-0 from 11 starts and earnings of $240,632. Houston entered stud at Walmac International near Lexington, Ky., and later stood at Getaway Thoroughbred Farm near Romoland, Calif. Houston is represented by 13 stakes winners and the earners of more than $14.2 million. He is represented by 570 foals of racing age, of which 436 have started and 280 have won. Houston's 15 stakes winners as a maternal grandsire include grade I winner Runway Model. Copyright © 2012 Blood-Horse Publications. All rights reserved internationally. |
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