This is a sad equine obituary to note: Maritime Traveler, one of the oldest horses in the world at 35 and the last offspring of the legendary Secretariat, died yesterday in Ocala, Florida. He, like Tinner's Way, was from Secretariat's last crop in 1990.
Although Secretariat died at the relatively young age of 19 in 1989, many of his offspring lived to a very old age of 30 or more. Maritime Traveler had to be among the oldest living thoroughbreds in the world.
Snip:
Maritime Traveler made five lifetime racing starts, all at Canada’s Woodbine Racetrack, with his best finish being a fourth. He earned all of $1,572 and soon after his last start, on June 12, 1993, Appleton retired him to Bridlewood Farm. That operation, one of Ocala’s legacy thoroughbred farms, was founded by Appleton and his wife Martha in 1976.
George Issacs has a long history with Bridlewood Farm and Maritime Traveler. He was Bridlewood Farm’s stallion manager from 1989 to 1992, leaving to become the general manager of Allen Paulson’s Ocala-based Brookside South Farm. In 1996, Isaacs returned to Bridlewood Farm as general manager, remaining in the position through the death of Appleton in 2008 and the ensuing Appleton Family Trust ownership. In 2013, John and Leslie Malone purchased Bridlewood Farm and Isaacs remains the operation’s general manager.
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I haven't been there since 2009 or 2010, but I am very familiar with the Grand Sierra Resort. Scary, scary stuff.
That resort wasn't too terribly far from where I used to live all those years ago.
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