Three Chimneys Farm owner Robert Clay announced Dec. 5 that inaugural Breeders’ Cup Classic (gr. I) winner and prolific stallion Wild Again was euthanized earlier in the day due to the infirmities of old age. He will be buried in the stallion cemetery located next to the main stallion barn at the farm near Midway, Ky.

“We all knew this day would come, but that doesn’t make it any easier to accept,” said Robert Clay. “At 28 years old, he lived a long and fruitful life. Wild Again was integral to the success of Three Chimneys and proved to be a highly significant sire and broodmare sire both in the United States and abroad.”

A foal of 1980 by Icecapade, out of Bushel-n-Peck, Wild Again arrived at Three Chimneys in December of 1991 as part of the dissolution of Calumet Farm. At that point, he had three crops of racing age. Throughout his career he commanded billing as a leading general sire, juvenile sire, and broodmare sire. According to Equineline, he has sired eight millionaires, four champions, 84 stakes winners, and 184 2-year-old winners. His offspring earnings consistently ranked above $4 million year after year and his runners won at the highest levels over all distances.

Due to declining fertility, he was pensioned in October 2004, but he remained in good health until his death.
“This year, the 25th anniversary of his inaugural Breeders’ Cup Classic victory, he rose to prominence once again,” continued Clay. “Even after being pensioned for four years, he still had an enormous fan following and was always willing to greet each visitor as they came to his stall