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Old 04-16-2014, 12:04 PM
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Why was a 21 year old Champion mare not pensioned yet?
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Old 04-16-2014, 12:08 PM
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Why was a 21 year old Champion mare not pensioned yet?
she was probably still in great shape and never had any issues, and was healthy. there's no hard and fast rule...i've seen broodmares older than her be bred and foal with no problem. some get pensioned a lot sooner.
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Unbridled Belle, in Japan. No other info...

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Safely Kept Dies at 28

"Hall of Fame member and champion sprinter Safely Kept was euthanized the morning of April 22 at Lyn Burleson's Burleson Farms near Midway, Ky., due to the infirmities of old age. She was 28"

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Old 04-22-2014, 05:30 PM
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Gold Case - Son of Forty Niner


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Old 05-22-2014, 01:11 PM
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Blowing Wind

TWO-TIME Cheltenham Festival winner Blowing Wind, who famously landed the Imperial Cup and County Hurdle double in 1998, has been put down at the age of 21.

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Jennie Rees tweet:

5yo Never Tell Lynda dies when falls coming over to school in #ChurchillDowns paddock before 1st. Trainer says she reacted to sound system.
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Safely Kept Dies at 28

"Hall of Fame member and champion sprinter Safely Kept was euthanized the morning of April 22 at Lyn Burleson's Burleson Farms near Midway, Ky., due to the infirmities of old age. She was 28"

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Steeplechase legend Flatterer dies at 35

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Unbridled Belle, in Japan. No other info...
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Old 04-27-2014, 03:21 PM
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I think she may have died because she couldn't get the care she needed because she was in quarantine
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Simbaah, 3 years old, after his brave second in a G3 at Te Rapa.
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Old 04-27-2014, 04:16 PM
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Simbaah, 3 years old, after his brave second in a G3 at Te Rapa.
Oh no I'm sorry to hear that.

With that name I'm assuming he's brother to Mufhasa (?).

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