Grade I Winner Ogygian Dead at 32

Ogygian, the oldest pensioner at Old Friends, was euthanized March 14 due to complications from colic.
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Ogygian, the oldest pensioner at Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement facility in Georgetown, Kentucky, was euthanized March 14 due to complications from colic. The son of the Damascus was 32.

The Florida-bred Ogygian was the last of Old Friends’s trio of flagship stallions that were returned to the United States from Japan in the early days of the organization. The other two were Sunshine Forever, who passed away in 2013, and Creator, who succumbed to colic on Feb. 28.

Ogygian was repatriated in 2005 along with Breeders’ Cup Champion Fraise, courtesy of Fraise’s owner Madeleine Paulson-Pickens.

Ogygian (Damascus – Gonfalon, Francis S) was considered one of the fastest runners of his generation. As a 2-year-old, he was unbeaten in three starts, including a stunning victory over champion sprinter Groovy in the 1985 Belmont Futurity. As a 3-year old he vanquished the competition in the Riva Ridge Stakes, the Dwyer Stakes, and Jerome Handicap

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