Champion sprinter and sire Orientate was euthanized Aug. 17, at Gainesway Farm due to the infirmities of old age. He was 28, according to a press release from the stallion center.The son of Mt. Livermore was bred in Kentucky by Gainesway. Orientate was purchased by Bob and Beverly Lewis for $250,000 during Keeneland September in 1999 and placed in the care of Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas.After showing early versatility with stakes wins on both dirt and turf at age 3, Orientate found his peak form as a 4-year-old sprinter in 2002. He posted consecutive victories in the GII Commonwealth Breeders' Cup Stakes, GIII Aristides Handicap, Smile Sprint Handicap, GII A.G. Vanderbilt Handicap, GI Forego Handicap and a decisive triumph in the GI Breeders' Cup Sprint.His 2002 campaign earned him the Eclipse Award for Champion Sprinter–completing a career in which he retired with 10 wins from 19 starts and $1,716,950 in earnings.Orientate took up stud duty at Gainesway in 2003 before putting in five seasons at Northview Stallion Station in Maryland.Over 15 crops of racing age, he sired 562 winners of 2,214 races with progeny earnings surpassing $51.6-million.His top runners include MGISW Intangaroo and GI Alabama Stakes winner Lady Joanne, alongside Grade/Group 1 winners Declassify and Lady Sprinter.He also established a lasting legacy as a broodmare sire, featuring on the maternal side of Eclipse Award winners Shanghai Bobby and Jaywalk.“Orientate was a special horse to everyone at Gainesway,” said Gainesway's Antony Beck. “To breed a champion of his caliber, watch him achieve greatness on the track, stand stud at the farm, and then have him return home to live out his pensioned years was a true privilege. He was a class act through and through and will be dearly missed.”Orientate returned to Gainesway in 2018 to reside as a pensioner at the farm where he was born. He will be buried on the farm grounds.The post Champion Sprinter And Gainesway Stallion Orientate Passes Away At 28 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.