Juddmonte’s Champion Arrogate dies at 7

Juddmonte Farms’ brilliant racehorse and promising stallion Arrogate  was euthanized June 2 after a weeklong battle with an apparent neurological illness, the cause of which is still undetermined.

Winding down a successful third breeding season, Juddmonte reported that Arrogate’s breeding schedule had been suspended the last week in May due to a suspected sore neck. Later in the week, the 7-year-old son of Unbridled’s Song fell to the ground in his stall and efforts to get him back on his feet were unsuccessful. The farm sent the stallion to Hagyard Equine Medical Institute, where he was under the care of Dr. Bob Hunt and Dr. Nathan Slovis, with Dr. Steve Reed representing the insurance company.

The staff at Hagyard’s clinic worked to eliminate all the obvious causes and performed all available tests, including a spinal tap evaluation, X-ray, ultrasound, CT scan, and many blood tests, according to Juddmonte. Unfortunately, Arrogate was still unable to stand after four exhausting days. Serious secondary health issues began to set in and led to the decision to euthanize him.

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Arrogate, who stood for $50,000 this year, was the richest North American racehorse in history with earnings of $17,422,600.

Bred in Kentucky by Clearsky Farms, the robust gray/roan stallion was out of the multiple stakes-winning Distorted Humor  mare Bubbler. Bloodstock agent Donato Lanni bought Arrogate on behalf of Juddmonte’s owner Prince Khalid Abdullah for $560,000 at the 2014 Keeneland September Yearling Sale from Clearsky’s consignment.

The colt did not debut until April of his 3-year-old year, but quickly took command of his division. He earned the 2016 champion 3-year-old title after scoring five consecutive wins that culminated in victories in the Travers Stakes (G1)—which he won by 13 1/2 lengths while breaking a 36-year-old track record for 1 1/4 miles—and the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), in which he beat 2016 Horse of the Year California Chrome .

He kicked off his 4-year-old season by winning the inaugural $12 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) in track-record time, and followed with a hard to believe last-to-first win in the $10 million Dubai World Cup Sponsored By Emirates Airline (G1). Arrogate retired with a 7-1-1 record from 11 starts.

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