Old Friends, a thoroughbred retirement facility in Georgetown, Ky., is saddened to announce that multiple stakes winner Ide was euthanized at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital on Friday, December 7. June 2024, due to abdominal pain. He is 31 years old.
The beautiful chestnut stallion has been at Old Friends since August 29, 2016 thanks to Team Ide, which includes three cousins, Allen Peltier, Bryan Harang and Harvey “Drew” Peltier. Additionally, Peter Willmott retains a share in the horse.
“While we are sad that Ide has left us, we are also filled with gratitude that Harvey Peltier and the IDE Group have allowed us to share the horse,” said John Nicholson, President and IDE Group. friendly and successful with tens of thousands of people over the years.” CEO of Old Friends. “Ide is a special part of Old Friends and a great Ambassador for the sport of Thoroughbred Racing.”
Harvey Peltier of Team Ide was also saddened to hear of Ide’s passing.
“I was saddened to hear of Ide’s passing, but I was delighted that Michael Blowen accepted Ide to live out the rest of his days at Old Friends,” Peltier said. “Ide gets a lot of attention at Old Friends, where he is regularly fed treats and carrots.
He continued: “I would be remiss if I did not say thank you to Clear Creek Stud for their wonderful work caring for and promoting Ide at school. “In addition, I would like to thank all the breeders for their support and all the people at Old Friends for their care and a special thank you to Michael Blowen.”
Bred by David B. Garvin, Ide, a son of Forty Niner–Maytide, by Naskra, was born in Kentucky on May 5, 1993.
Trained by Peter M. Vestal and owned by Willmott Stables for his entire career, Ide began racing as a 2-year-old in 1995.
Ide won his first race in his third start, the first special weight race at Turfway Park on September 13, starting a seven-race winning streak over a two-year period , including five stakes wins, four of which were graded stakes.
His first stakes win came in the Fort Springs Stakes (Listed) at Keeneland, followed by two graded stakes wins at Churchill Downs in the Iroquois Stakes (G3) and Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (G3). His second two stakes wins came at Oaklawn Park in 1996 as a 3-year-old in the Southwest Stakes (G3) and Rebel Stakes (G3). Those wins marked him as one of the favorites for the 1996 Kentucky Derby.
Unfortunately, while preparing for his next start in the Arkansas Derby (G2) at Oaklawn Park, Ide suffered a career-ending injury and had to retire from racing.
Ide began his academic career in 1997 at the Lavin Family Longfield Farm in Goshen, Kentucky. Then in 2003, he was purchased by the Ide Group and moved to Clear Creek Stud in Folsom, Louisiana for the remainder of his stud career.
Ide is a very successful male. According to the Louisiana Bred Blog, Ide “was the top sire in Louisiana in 2003 by number of winners and earnings in North America, and has been at or near the top of the list of top Louisiana sires throughout the season. remainder of his career. He was the AL “Red” Erwin Louisiana Sire of the Year in both 2009 and 2013, leading all other Louisiana sires in earnings in those years.”
During his stud career, Ide sired 16 stakes winners, including Louisiana-bred Horse of the Year Ide Be Cool and champion colt Ide Like a Double.
Ide was retired in January 2015, and was then sent to Old Friends for retirement thanks to the Ide Team. He arrived at the farm on August 29, 2016.
Michael Blowen, Founder of Old Friends, said: “Ide is as kind as any of the Purebloods at Old Friends. “He delighted us with his confident attitude and although he lived a long and full life, it was not enough.”
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