Multiple graded stakes winner Diamond Stripes (Notebook–Romantic Summer, by On to Glory) was euthanized May 29 at Old Friends, the retirement farm announced Tuesday. The cause of death for the 10-year-old gelding was treatment for progressive ethmoidal hematoma, a benign, but highly locally invasive sinus cancer.
Bred in Florida by Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Rogers, Jr. for their Four Roses Thoroughbreds, the gray won six of 16 career starts, including the G2 Godolphin Mile, GII Meadowlands Cup and GIII Pegasus S, for earnings of $1,478,014.
“We were so happy to have been able to provide Diamond Stripes with a worthy retirement these last years,” said Old Friends president Michael Blowen. “He was a kind horse with a strong spirit and he will be missed by many of his friends and fans.”
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