NEWS
Colitis X cited in death of Sailor’s Cap
Posted: Saturday, June 20, 2009 12:45 PM
by Jeff Lowe
An initial necropsy showed Poker Stakes (G3) winner Sailor’s Cap died of cardiac arrest on Wednesday from an underlying condition of Colitis X, principal owner Barry Irwin said.
Sailor’s Cap won the Poker three days earlier at Belmont Park in his first start of the year.
Colitis X is an intestinal condition that was cited in the death of Grade 2 winner Freedom’s Daughter in 2002 and as the probable cause in the death of champion Landaluce in 1982. Seattle Slew, the sire of Landaluce, suffered a near-fatal bout of Colitis X in 1978.
Jeff Lowe is a Thoroughbred Times staff writer
