Champion filly Our Mims was euthanized at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Ky. on Dec. 9. The 1977 champion, who was 29 years old, died after suffering a bout of colic and was buried at Calumet Farm near Lexington, Ky.

A daughter of Herbager and Sweet Tooth, Our Mims was a half-sister to Alydar. She was foaled at Calumet Farm and raced under the stable’s distinctive red and blue silks. She broke her maiden in an allowance race at Hialeah Park on March 10, 1977. That win was followed by a victory in the Fantasy Stakes (gr. II) at Oaklawn Park. Our Mims then ran third in Keeneland’s Ashland Stakes (gr. III), second in the Kentucky Oaks (gr. II) and fourth in the Acorn Stakes (gr. I) at Belmont before winning the Coaching Club American Oaks (gr. I) at Belmont. She then went on to secure wins in the Alabama Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga and the Delaware Handicap (gr. I) at Delaware Park and her Eclipse Award as champion 3-year-old filly was the firs Eclipse for Calumet