Oldest Breeders’ Cup Champion Gulch Dead at 32

The 32-year-old Thoroughbred stallion was euthanized Jan. 17 due to complications from cancer.
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Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Kentucky, has announced that Gulch, the oldest living Breeders’ Cup champion, died Jan. 17. The 32-year-old 1988 Breeders’ Cup Sprint Champion and Eclipse Award winner was euthanized due to complications from cancer.

A son of Mr. Prospector out of the Rambunctious mare Jameela, Gulch has been an Old Friends resident since 2009 and was one of the farm’s of flagship stallions, attracting visitors and fans from all around the country.

Bred by Peter Brant in Kentucky, Gulch became a Grade 1 winner as a 2-year-old when he captured the Hopeful Stakes at Saratoga. At 3 he won the Grade 1 Wood Memorial and the first of his two consecutive wins in the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap at Belmont Park.

As a 4-year-old Gulch captured the Grade 3 Potrero Grande Handicap and the Grade 1 Carter Handicap en route to his final start and greatest victory in the 1988 Breeders’ Cup Sprint for trainer D. Wayne Lukas. For his efforts Gulch was named 1988 Eclipse Champion Sprinter

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