In memoriam 2024

[brunanas]

10yo Matera Sky has passed away due to colic. his first foals race next year.

https://news.sp.netkeiba.com/?pid=news_view&no=267464

[MySaladDays]

Slammin Gold broke down and was euthanized at Belmont yesterday. This poor guy was from racing royalty, with his sire being Tapit, and his dam being Bar of Gold, who earned more than $1.5 million on the track, including winning the BC filly and mares sprint. He was only 3.

This one was sad, so young. But he wasn't working out more than about 1x a month, which isn't very much, so maybe they were taking it easy on him.......and wasn't doing well in races.

[HB1994]

Heartbreaking.

More than 20 mares and foals die in fire at Normandy stud farm

https://www.racingpost.com/bloodstock/n ... QG5e6uIWM/

[Flanders]

Heartbreaking.

More than 20 mares and foals die in fire at Normandy stud farm

https://www.racingpost.com/bloodstock/n ... QG5e6uIWM/

Barn fires are so sad and devastating.

I just saw a Youtube video that a fire in Ohio claimed 44 AQHA reining horses last week, along with the owners dogs. The one owner tried to save horses, he got burnt, though the article doesn't say how badly.
https://www.quarterhorsenews.com/2024/0 ... barn-fire/
I thought if anyone wanted to watch the one owner's video that lost a horse, its here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPO9zYdVVE0 There were sprinklers and firewalls but it didn't stop anything. The one owner of the facility that was burned, tried to get horses out but they wouldn't leave.

[brunanas]

Barn Fire Kills 1 Horse, Devastates Virginia Eventing Operation
https://www.chronofhorse.com/article/ba ... operation/

so many barn fires lately. idk what i'd do if my mare got trapped in one.

[Mylute]

Tale of the Cat has died age 30.

[brunanas]

Tale Of The Cat (1994 – 2024)
https://coolmore.com/farms/america/news ... -1994-2024

[HB1994]

Coolmore is not perfect, but the fact that Tale of the Cat spent 25 years at Ashford says a lot about them. His groom must be devastated.

[stelladaniella]

Tale of the Cat has died age 30.

I remember seeing him last time we visited Coolmore. He was so cute.

[Izvestia]

Tale Of The Cat (1994 – 2024)
https://coolmore.com/farms/america/news ... -1994-2024

Always loved this guy. Another absolute gem of a stallion. Great pedigree.
And the sire class he was in, has to have been one of the beat ever - Awesome Again, Elusive Quality, Distorted Humor, Grand Slam, Stormy Atlantic, Indian Charlie.
RIP Tale of the Cat

[Jacques]

rip tale of the cat. loved seeing him at coolmore, such a sweet old boy. his legacy lives on through his offspring. 30 is a great age for a stallion, he had a good life.

[tachyon]

2019 Japanese Derby winner Roger Barows(JPN) died this morning at Arrow Stud.
They haven't yet announced the cause of his death.
But it sounds like he had colic.
May he rest in peace.
https://x.com/JS_CompanyJP/status/1805490275885924430

https://en.netkeiba.com/db/horse/2016106065/

-- replay of the 2019 Tokyo Yushun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj0DyTtyIoM

[Mylute]

Sholokhov (Sadler's Wells) died in May at 25 years. He was a successful National Hunt sire.
https://www.theirishfield.ie/bloodstock ... %20Olinger.
https://www.turf-times.de/tt-artikel/sh ... ingegangen

[Flanders]

Superstar Leo, 26yo mare (College Chapel - Council Rock, by General Assembly) MGSW/MG1p. Owned by the Jacksons of Lael Stable, they flew her to America after she was pensioned, where she lived as a pensioner at their farm.

https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/t ... ies-at-26/

[Nenikikamen23]

G1W Evita Argentina on May 23 in JPN
G1W Saint Emilion on March 4 in JPN
G1W Secret Spice on April 19 in JPN

[sweettalk]

G1W Evita Argentina on May 23 in JPN

very very sad to see she passed.

[Flanders]

Wiener Wald, 32yo mare (Woodman - Chapel of Dreams, by Northern Dancer). The dam of G1 Crowded House, her daughters/granddaughters have produced G1 winners Beauty Eternal, Brando, Reckless Abandon and Ticker Tape. Her dam was a 1/2 to Storm Cat. She lived in retirement with her first foal, 28yo Argent Du Bois(she is the dam of Ticker Tape and Brando).

https://www.racingpost.com/bloodstock/n ... h77w5hnKE/

[Mylute]

'Completely Devastated': G1 Winner Alva Starr Euthanized At Delaware
https://paulickreport.com/news/thorough ... t-delaware

[CoronadosQuest]

'Completely Devastated': G1 Winner Alva Starr Euthanized At Delaware
https://paulickreport.com/news/thorough ... t-delaware

Such a loss She was so talented

[BaroqueAgain1]

Since Lord Nelson lost his battle with laminitis in fall of 2021, losing a G1 daughter of his is a double blow. There may be no more like her.