Wheaton died

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magic code
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Wheaton died

Postby magic code » Mon Nov 13, 2006 12:59 pm

He apparently broke his hip the morning of the farm's open house, according to a poster on another forum. They sent him to New Bolton and he was put down yesterday.
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Postby KBEquine » Mon Nov 13, 2006 2:23 pm

We were at the stallion show. He apparently got cast overnight. I felt for the owners -- they obviously cared about the horses & had to do the show despite worrying about him.
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Postby Nessa » Mon Nov 13, 2006 3:47 pm

Poor baby oh when will it end! This year has been so sucky, RIP Wheaton.

KBEquine you went to the stallion show how did Will's Way look?
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Re: Wheaton died

Postby LaTroienne » Mon Nov 13, 2006 3:52 pm

magic code wrote:He apparently broke his hip the morning of the farm's open house, according to a poster on another forum. They sent him to New Bolton and he was put down yesterday.



R.I.P. Wheaton.

Just curious: what forum was it?
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Postby KBEquine » Mon Nov 13, 2006 5:41 pm

Hi Nessa --

You are the 2nd person to ask me about Will's Way -- a friend went along specifically to look at him. He looked good -- I like his bloodlines & conformation, balance. Still, none looked as good to me as Lite The Fuse -- who wasn't even on my radar screen before the showing.
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Postby Tairaterces » Tue Nov 14, 2006 1:42 pm

Damn . . . . . .

Rest in peace Wheaton. :cry:
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Posted: 11/13/2006 9:06:34 PM

Storm Cat's half brother Wheaton dies at 16

Wheaton, a Pennsylvania sire and half brother to Storm Cat, died on Monday after a stall accident at Pin Oak Lane Farm in New Freedom. He was 16.

Wheaton broke his left femur, said Ric Waldman of Overbrook Farm, which bred and owned the Alydar horse out of Grade 2 winner Terlingua, by Secretariat.

The sire of graded stakes winners Santana Springs and Radical Riley, Wheaton stood two seasons at Pin Oak Lane after a nine-year stint at Sez Who Thoroughbreds in Ocala. His fee was $3,500 in 2006.

In eight crops of racing age, Wheaton has sired 11 stakes winners among 188 winners from 240 starters who earned $11,199,236 through Sunday. Santana Strings won the 2005 Amsterdam Stakes (G2) and Radical Riley won the '00 What a Pleasure (G3) and '01 Holy Bull (G3) Stakes.

Bred in Kentucky, Wheaton won one of 11 career starts.—Jeff Lowe
Article courtesy of T-Times
"and Secretariat let no one down on the unforgettable afternoon of June 9, 1973, when he ran a hole in the wind"
~Bob Ehalt~

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