Graded stakes winner Far From Over (Blame–Alchemist, by A. P. Indy) died Sunday after suffering a seizure Saturday night. The 9-year-old had been standing at Dr. William Gray's Gray Farms near Cottonwood, California.
A $550,000 purchase at the 2013 Keeneland September sale, Far From Over captured the 2015 GIII Withers S. in his second lifetime outing. Racing for the partnership of Black Rock Thoroughbreds, Madaket Stables and James Covello and trainer Todd Pletcher, he won three of six starts and earned $255,600.
Far From Over stood most of three seasons at stud for a partnership that included Steve Marshall's Fountain of Youth Breeding LLC, Burke Edwards, and Justin Ferrero. His oldest progeny are yearlings of 2021, some of which are slated to be sold at Fasig-Tipton's July sale Tuesday in Kentucky. The sale includes a dispersal of Marshall's stock.
“Of all the horses I've owned, Far From Over had as good a physical as we've ever seen, and that includes Violence,” said Marshall. “It's a great loss. We'll never know how good a sire he would have been.”
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