Edited Press Release
The 2009 Broodmare of the Year Sweet Life (Kris S– Symbolically, by Flying Paster), the dam of champion Sweet Catomine (Storm Cat) and MGISW Life Is Sweet, has passed away at age 27. Sweet Catomine was crowned champion 2-year-old filly in 2004 after capturing the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, GI Del Mar Debutante S. and GI Oak Leaf S. At age three, she was victorious in the GI Santa Anita Oaks and GIII Santa Ysabel S. Three years after foaling Sweet Catomine, Sweet Life foaled a full-sister to Sweet Catomine, Life Is Sweet. She won over $1.8 million on the racetrack, including victories in the GI Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic and GI Santa Margarita Invitational H. Sweet Life also produced Calimonco, a stakes-winning full brother to the Grade I-winning fillies.
Bred and owned by Pam and Martin Wygod, Sweet Life resided at Lane's End Farm since 2008 and was retired from the broodmare band in 2018. She will be buried in the cemetery at Lane's End Farm. Her daughters, Sweet Catomine and Life Is Sweet are now retired from the broodmare band and reside at Lane's End.
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