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02-04-2007, 05:29 PM
Champion Mom's Command Euthanized at 24 (http://breeding.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=37410)
Champion Mom's Command, who won the Filly Triple Crown while ridden by owner Peter Fuller's daughter, Abby, was euthanized at age 24. More... (http://breeding.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=37410)
While reading the above article about her on BloodHorse (she was before my time), I found some interesting things I did not know about her:
It is noteworthy that each of Mom's Command's 16 races (11 wins, two seconds, and a third) was contested in a stakes event, even her maiden win at Rockingham Park on July 17, 1984, in the Faneuil Miss Stakes at odds of 44-1. She won at distances ranging from five furlongs to 1 1/2-mile before her retirement Sept. 29, 1985, after wrenching her ankle while in training for the Rare Perfume Stakes at Belmont Park.
Additionally, she defeated every filly who ever finished in front of her, including the best of her generation such as Outstandingly, Fran's Valentine, and Lady's Secret. Mom's Command would rip the hearts out
of her competition, letting them get close on the turn, then rebreaking. In her Triple Crown sweep, she defeated 18 different fillies, none of which was closer than 2 1/2 lengths to her at the finish line.
Champion Mom's Command, who won the Filly Triple Crown while ridden by owner Peter Fuller's daughter, Abby, was euthanized at age 24. More... (http://breeding.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=37410)
While reading the above article about her on BloodHorse (she was before my time), I found some interesting things I did not know about her:
It is noteworthy that each of Mom's Command's 16 races (11 wins, two seconds, and a third) was contested in a stakes event, even her maiden win at Rockingham Park on July 17, 1984, in the Faneuil Miss Stakes at odds of 44-1. She won at distances ranging from five furlongs to 1 1/2-mile before her retirement Sept. 29, 1985, after wrenching her ankle while in training for the Rare Perfume Stakes at Belmont Park.
Additionally, she defeated every filly who ever finished in front of her, including the best of her generation such as Outstandingly, Fran's Valentine, and Lady's Secret. Mom's Command would rip the hearts out
of her competition, letting them get close on the turn, then rebreaking. In her Triple Crown sweep, she defeated 18 different fillies, none of which was closer than 2 1/2 lengths to her at the finish line.