Dual Hall Of Famer Tepin Dies At 13

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Champion and dual Hall of Famer Tepin (Bernstein–Life Happened, by Stravinsky) has died at the age of 13. The news was confirmed by trainer Aidan O'Brien after the mare's daughter Grateful (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) won the G1 Qatar Prix de Royallieu at ParisLongchamp on Saturday.

Bred by Machmer Hall in Kentucky, the bay was purchased by Robert Masterson for $140,000 out of the Fasig-Tipton New York Saratoga Select Yearling Sale. She would go on to be trained by Mark Casse and earn Champion Grass Mare titles in 2015 and 2016. A winner of 13 of her 23 starts including 11 stakes among them the 2015 GI Breeders' Cup Mile and the 2016 G1 Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot, Tepin would pass the post first in six top-level races.

Retired with over $4.4-million in earnings after a runner-up performance defending her Breeders' Cup title, Tepin sold to Coolmore's MV Magnier for $8 million in foal to Curlin at the 2017 Fasig-Tipton Night of Stars. She is a member of the Canadian and U.S. Hall of Fames.

Two of her four foals are winners, with juvenile colt Delacroix (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire) running second in the G2 KPMG Champions Juvenile Stakes this year besides Grateful's heroics. He was named a 'TDN Rising Star' earlier this season.

 

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