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Awesome Again arrives at Old Friends Oct. 30, 2020
Old Friends distributed the following press release on Dec. 16:
1998 Breeders Cup Classic winner Awesome Again died very suddenly yesterday at Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky. The stallion was 26.
Michael Blowen, founder and President of Old Friends, made the announcement this morning.
The exact cause of death is unknown; however, a full necropsy is pending and a full veterinary report will follow.
The Canadian-bred son of Deputy Minister, Awesome Again had an exemplary resume as both a racehorse and a stallion. He broke his maiden at Hollywood Park in just his second start as a 3-year-old in 1997. He returned a few weeks later to capture that year s Queen s Plate Stakes at Woodbine. Back in the U.S. that summer the son of Deputy Minister went on to win the Grade 2 Jim Dandy Stakes and was third to Deputy Commander in the Travers Stakes (G1) at Saratoga.
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