Juddmonte's homebred stallion Mizzen Mast (Cozzene) has been euthanized due to the infirmities of old age, the Daily Racing Form reported Monday.
The 27-year-old began his career in France, placing in the G1 Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris before crossing the Atlantic to take both the GI Malibu Stakes and the GII Strub Stakes at Santa Anita to finish his racing career.
As a stallion, Mizzen Mast sired 70 stakes winners and 27 group or graded winners until his pensioning from stud duties in 2021. He sired 11 elite-level winners including two-time GI Breeders' Cup Turf Spring winner Mizdirection and MGISW Caravel. He also sired a 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' in MSW/GSP Barrier Reef.
“It wasn't any [one thing], it was just more of an amalgamation of a bunch of things,” Juddmonte manager Garrett O'Rourke told the DRF. “They're never easy decisions, but they're easier when the horse is telling you, 'Look, I'm ready.'”
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