A number of grade 1 winner Imperial Trace, who set a observe file at Saratoga Race Course that also stands at this time, has been euthanized in Louisiana following a prolonged battle with laminitis.
Clear Creek Stud, which stood Imperial Trace since he went to the breeding shed in 2021, introduced his dying.
The 12-year-old son of Imperialism gained 11 black-type stakes, together with 4 grade 1 occasions, in a 25-race profession from 2016 to 2020. He set the observe file when profitable the 2019 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (G1) at Saratoga, the place he ran six furlongs in 1:07.92.
Bred in Florida by Shade Tree Thoroughbreds, Imperial Trace raced for proprietor Raymond Mamone, who saved his horses at Shade Tree close to Reddick, Fla. Mamone gifted Imperial Trace’s dam, the profitable Lahint mare Royal Trace, to the farm after she acquired off to a gradual begin as a broodmare. Mamone later noticed Imperial Trace on a farm go to and purchased him from Shade Tree for $17,500. He would turn out to be the longtime proprietor’s first graded winner.
Educated by Luis Carvajal Jr., Imperial Trace gained 14 of 25 profession begins and earned $2,209,055. Mamone died at age 88 in 2021.Join BloodHorse Day by day
Imperial Trace has 49 foals of racing age, together with 31 present 2-year-olds. His prime earner and lone stakes winner up to now is the Louisiana-bred 3-year-old colt Tdz Trace of Energy. Imperial Trace’s progeny earned $286,633 via August 10.
Imperial Trace stood for a charge of $2,500 throughout the 2025 breeding season. Nicknamed “Little Rocket,” he was bred to each Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse mares.
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