Thoroughbred Stakes Winner Flick Euthanized at 24

Flick was one of the first Thoroughbred racehorses to undergo successful stem cell and bone marrow treatments.
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Flick, a stakes-winning 24-year-old gelding who resided at Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Kentucky, was euthanized the morning of Jan. 8 due to colic complications.

Michael Blowen, founder and president of Old Friends, made the announcement this morning.

Bred in England by Side Hill Stud, Flick (Kris – Thakhayr , Sadler’s Wells) had three starts in England before coming to the United States near the end of his 2-year-old season. He made his first start for new owner Judith Carmel at Hollywood Park, placing fifth.

Flick continued beating good horses at major West Coast tracks on both the dirt and the turf. His first stakes win, in fact, came on the grass at Turf Paradise in the one-mile Paradise Mile Handicap in 1997

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