Canadian champion 2-year-old colt Truth of It All (Proud Truth) died peacefully from natural causes at age 34 on Wednesday, July 24 at Hurstland Farm in Midway, Kentucky, according to a press release from the farm.
By Darby Dan stallion Proud Truth, Truth of It All was born at Hurstland to MGSW Cup of Honey (Raise a Cup) Feb. 26, 1990. Trained by Sheldon Wolfe, Truth of It All won the 1993 edition of the GIII Grey Stakes en route to taking home the Sovereign Award for the top juvenile male. He also competed in the Kentucky Derby that year and finished 10th to winner Sea Hero (Polish Navy).
Rescued after his last race–a claiming event at Los Alamitos Sept. 14, 1997–he was offered to Hurstland's Alfred Nuckols, Jr. for retirement.
“After the Sovereign Award he received for Hurstland as his breeder and the wonderful experience he took me on with Al and Marge Schmidt and Sheldon Wolfe, I told them that he had a home at Hurstland as long as I had a farm,” said Nuckols. “I picked him up with then farm manager, Tim Overton, in our box van and we returned him, after a short ride, to his birthplace at Hurstland where he enjoyed the last 27 years of his life, constantly enjoying his peppermints.”
Affectionately nicknamed “Dennis the Menace” by Wolfe, Truth of It All had side gigs as a baby sitter for weanlings early in his retirement. In 2020, the pensioner was paired with Doc's Leading Lady (Doc's Leader)–granddam to MGSW Get Smokin (Get Stormy) who was also bred by Hurstland.
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