O'Brien: Hall of Fame racemare Tepin has died

The globe-trotting Hall of Fame racemare Tepin has died, according to Aidan O’Brien, the European-based trainer for her owner, Coolmore.

O’Brien spoke to the European press after saddling Tepin’s daughter Grateful to win the Group 1 Prix de Royallieu on Saturday at Longchamp.

“Tepin has unfortunately died, and I imagine that her daughter will eventually pick up the baton at stud sooner or later,” O’Brien said.

Representatives for Coolmore’s Irish operation were not immediately available to confirm when the mare died or the circumstances. Tepin, who was foaled in 2011, produced her final reported foal in 2022 in Ireland.

Tepin was campaigned by Robert Masterson, who purchased her as a Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling, and was trained by Mark Casse. She won 13 of 23 starts over a four-season career, including 11 graded/group stakes wins, for earnings of more than $4.4 million.

Tepin earned signature Grade/Group 1 victories against males in the 2015 Breeders’ Cup Mile at Keeneland, the 2016 Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot, and the 2016 Woodbine Mile. She was the first American horse to win the Queen Anne, in which she overcame the hurdles of racing on soft turf on an undulating straight course, and running with no Lasix. She was honored with the Eclipse Award as outstanding turf female in 2015 and 2016, and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2022, her first year of eligibility.

After her retirement, Tepin was offered at the 2017 Fasig-Tipton November breeding stock sale and was purchased for $8 million by Coolmore. She produced four reported foals in Ireland, with two winners. In addition to Grateful, by the late, great Galileo and now a Group 1 winner, her 2-year-old son Delacroix, by Dubawi, was second in this year's Group 2 Champions Juvenile in Ireland.

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