Jade Hunter, multiple stakes winner and sire of Horse of the Year Azeri, was humanely euthanized Jan. 23 at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute in Lexington, Ky., due to complications from colic.

Jade Hunter

Jade Hunter

The 27-year-old Thoroughbred stallion had been pensioned at Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement Facility in Georgetown, Ky., since 2009

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