Speightster euthanized after stall injury

Grade 3 winner Speightster, who arrived in Canada last month to continue his stud career, was euthanized Sunday after suffering an irreparable injury to a hind leg in his stall.

The 10-year-old son of Speightstown formerly stood alongside his sire at WinStar Farm. He had been purchased by Jay and Christine Hayden to stand at Sherry McLean’s Northern Dawn Farm in Ontario.

Speightster, who hailed from the family of Canadian Triple Crown winner and blue hen Dance Smartly and leading sire Smart Strike, won 3 of 4 career starts, including the Grade 3 Dwyer Stakes. He is the sire of Woodbine stakes winners Aubrieta and Dreaming of Drew, Grade 3-placed Tough to Tame, and three other black-type winners.

His death was first reported by the Canadian Thoroughbred.