Brice Ridgely, who bred 2004 juvenile champion Declan’s Moon in Maryland, died Tuesday of cancer at Baltimore-Washington Medical Center. Ridgely, 67, was a farmer, auctioneer, and horse breeder. He owned Spring Meadow Farm in Cooksvile, Md.
Rodrigo de Triano, Europe’s champion 3-year-old colt of 1992 and a classic winner in England and Ireland, died of pneumonia at age 25, Racing Post reports.
Delta Princess, a three-time Grade 3 winner and the dam of champion Royal Delta, was euthanized Tuesday due to a degenerative stifle condition. The 15-year-old A.P. Indy mare resided at Frank Stronach’s Adena Springs in Paris, Ky.
Grade 2 winner Willcox Inn has been retired from racing and will make his stallion debut in 2015 at Saratoga Stud in Stillwater, N.Y.
Thorn Song, a multiple Grade 1-winning standout turf horse and a young California stallion, died Monday due to complications of severe laminitis.
Silver Springs Farm in Bourbon County, Ky., has been purchased by Steve and Shelly Johnson of Midway, Ky.
Bertha Wright, widow of Warren Wright Jr. and a member of the family that oversaw the operation of Central Kentucky’s iconic Calumet Farm, died in Lexington on Thursday at age 94.
On an August night in 2000, the racing world was focused on the old Evangeline Downs in Carencro, La. Hallowed Dreams was attempting to win her 17th consecutive race in the track’s $36,000 Millennium Stakes and break a tie for the longest modern win streak in North America.
Most breeders spend a lifetime searching for that one mare that seems to produce only high-class runners, no matter the sire. Those who find an Urban Sea, Hasili, or Grey Flight are automatically successful. Those lucky enough to find more than one are well on their way to greatness.
Garden Secrets, a Grade 1 producer and half-sister to Hall of Famer Silverbulletday, was euthanized July 22 at Glenary Farm in Frankfort, Ky., Blood-Horse reports.
