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Thoroughbred breeder Karutz dies
Posted: Friday, February 01, 2008 3:35 PM
Dr. Wallace Stanley Karutz, who bred 1986 champion two-year-old filly and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Stakes (G1) winner Brave Raj, died on January 31 in Ocala. He was 85.
A retired physician, Karutz owned and operated Bourbon Hills Farm, which was originally located in Paris, Kentucky, since 1963. Karutz consigned Brave Raj to the 1986 Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s February sale of selected two-year-olds in training. Trainer Ben Perkins purchased the Rajab mare for $24,000.
Brave Raj won six of nine starts in her only season of racing and earned $933,650. The dark bay or brown mare out of Bravest Yet, by Bravo, earned five of her wins in stakes races, including victories in the 1986 Del Mar Debutante (G2) and Sorrento (G3) Stakes.
After posting a 7 1/2-length debut victory for Perkins and Al-Ben Partnership, Brave Raj was transferred to California-based Melvin Stute, who trained the mare for Green Dolly.
Karutz is survived by a daughter, Catherine Karutz Rogers of Lexington, sons George Karutz of San Antonio, Wallace Karutz Jr. of Salisbury, North Carolina, and William Karutz of Nicholasville.
Funeral services will be held on Monday at 3 p.m. EST at Hiers Funeral Home in Ocala. Visitation will be held on Monday from 1-3 p.m.
Entombment will be in Cypress Hills Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.
