Lancaster Bomber, an Irish Group 1 winner who finished second in two Breeders' Cup races, died Tuesday of an apparent heart attach, South Africa's Drakenstein Stud announced on social media.
The 7-year-old son of War Front entered stallion duty at The National Stud in England for the 2019 breeding season, and he shuttled to Drakenstein Stud for the Southern Hemisphere seasons. His oldest foals are yearlings of 2021.
“It's with a sad and heavy heart that we say goodbye to Lancaster Bomber today,” Drakenstein Stud's social media post read. “He collapsed this morning in his paddock from a suspected heart attack. He was a young stallion with a bright future, and we are very sad that we will not see the best of him.”
Bred in Kentucky by the Sun Shower Syndicate, owner of his dam, the Indian Ridge mare Sun Shower, Lancaster Bomber raced for the Coolmore partnership from the yard of trainer Aidan O'Brien.
The globetrotting horse broke his maiden in Ireland and finished second in the Group 1 Dubai Dewhurst Stakes in England before traveling stateside to Santa Anita Park, where he finished second behind Oscar Performance in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.
His 3-year-old campaign saw him test some of the marquee sophomore races in the world during the first half of the season, including the G2 UAE Derby, the English and Irish 2,000 Guineas, and the G1 St. James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot; finishing second in the latter. The second half of the year saw him continue to hop back and forth across the Atlantic Ocean, including a runner-up effort in the G2 Woodbine Mile Stakes and a second to World Approval in the Breeders' Cup Mile at Del Mar, with races in Europe sandwiched in between. He finished the year in Hong Kong, with a fifth in the Hong Kong Mile.
Lancaster Bomber finally got his graded stakes win in his final career start taking the G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup in Ireland. He retired with two wins in 18 starts for earnings of $1,422,743.
It's with a sad and heavy heart that we say goodbye to Lancaster Bomber today. He collapsed this morning in his paddock from a suspected heart attack. He was a young stallion with a bright future, and we are very sad that we will not see the best of him. Rest In Peace 🙏 pic.twitter.com/RYCE2YF9Bw
— Drakenstein Stud (@DrakensteinStud) July 13, 2021
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