‘Outstanding’ Broodmare Immortal Verse Dies At 18

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Multiple Group 1 winner and dual Group 1 producer Immortal Verse (Pivotal) has died at Coolmore's Ashford Stud in Kentucky, the organisation announced on Friday. She was 18.Bred and raced by Richard Strauss of Kilfrush Stud, she went into training with Robert Collet. A winner and second in the G3 Prix d'Aumale at two, she improved at three, taking the G2 Prix de Sandringham, the G1 Coronation Stakes, and the G1 Prix du Jacques le Marois in succession. Retired with a mark of 11-4-1-1 and $1,053,873 in earnings, she was offered for sale in foal to Dansili by Mount Coote Stud on behalf of new owners Merriebelle Stable during the 2013 Tattersalls December Mares Sale. Acting for the Coolmore partners, BBA Ireland paid 4.7 million gns, a new European record price for a broodmare.At stud, Immortal Verse left seven foals with seven runners and six winners highlighted by Group 1 winners Tenebrism (Caravaggio) and Henri Matisse (Wootton Bassett), as well as G2 Airlie Stud Stakes heroine Statuette (Justify). Her legacy continues with talented juvenile Aix La Chapelle (Justify), who holds entries in both top-level two-year-old races on Irish Champions Weekend next month for Aidan O'Brien. Henri Matisse, who landed the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf and the G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains, covered his first book of mares this spring at Coolmore's Castlehyde Stud.Immortal Verse was out of Listed Prix la Camargo winner and G3 Prix Fille de l'Air second Side Of Paradise (Sadler's Wells), herself a half-sister to notable champion and sire Last Tycoon.Coolmore said in a statement, “Immortal Verse was one of the finest racemares of her generation and has established herself as one of the outstanding broodmares of the modern era. She will be sadly missed by those who cared for her during her time at Coolmore.”The post ‘Outstanding’ Broodmare Immortal Verse Dies At 18 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.