Christmas Past
Christmas Past | |
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Sire | Gulfstream Park Handicap (1983) |
Awards | |
American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly (1982) |
Christmas Past (April 15, 1979 – December 13, 2008) was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. She was the American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly of 1982 when her wins included the Coaching Club American Oaks and the Monmouth Oaks.
Background
Christmas Past was bred and owned by Cynthia Phipps of the famous Phipps racing family. She was out of the mare Yule Log, a daughter of eight-time leading sire in North America and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Bold Ruler. Her sire was the 1964 French Champion Two-Year-Old Colt, Grey Dawn. She was conditioned for racing by Angel Penna, Jr.
Racing career
As a three-year-old in 1982, Christmas Past won five stakes races for fillies including the
At age four, Christmas Past defeated her male counterparts in winning the February 26
Retirement and stud
Retired to
At age twenty-nine, Christmas Past was humanely euthanized on December 13, 2008, due to complications from the infirmities of old age. She was buried in the Marchmont Cemetery at Claiborne Farm.[5]