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Peter Callahan, Owner of 2020 Preakness Champ Swiss Skydiver, Dies at 82

Peter J. Callahan, a magazine publisher and decades-long Thoroughbred owner and breeder who campaigned the 2020 champion 3-year-old filly and GI Preakness S. victress Swiss Skydiver (Daredevil), died May 9 in a New York City hospital in the company of family members. He was 82. The cause of death was a brain tumor, his daughter, Carolyn Callahan, confirmed to TDN on May 15. A celebration of his life will be planned at a later date, she added. "Horse racing really was his passion," Carolyn Callahan said. "He was very practical...

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