Angels In Memorium, 2012

[my miss storm cat]

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...

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Unowatimeen, at Southwell. He was 12.

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Bottman, 7 , fell to his death at Haydock. He'd been pulled up in his last start at Cheltenham in March.

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Master Oats...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rac...Oats-dies.html

[my miss storm cat]

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

[my miss storm cat]

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...

RIP

[my miss storm cat]

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

[OldDog]

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.

[Rileyoriley]

Ipswich Bay, a 4 year old daughter of Rockport Harbor, in the 9th race at Belmont. She had 1 win in 9 starts.

[Rileyoriley]

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.





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[my miss storm cat]

Oh wow... very sad news.

[Danzig]

that's just awful news about madcap.

[Rileyoriley]

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.



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[Rileyoriley]

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.




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[my miss storm cat]

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

[my miss storm cat]

Mutahadee...

http://www.sportinglife.com/racing_n...Mutahadee.html

Happier days...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIdjJtO0qlE

[Rileyoriley]

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.





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[Rileyoriley]

Giant Ryan euthanized

Posted: Thursday, June 14, 2012 6:51 PM

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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.



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[Arletta]

Not surprised, but still very sad

[Danzig]

dammit to hell. i can't say i'm surprised at the news about giant ryan, but was hoping for the best.

[my miss storm cat]

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

[Patrick333]

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

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

Sorry to hear this. What a nice horse.

[Rileyoriley]

Mr. Producer, 4 yr. old colt by Dehere, broke down in the 9th race at CD on 6/16.