Claiborne Farm announced Monday that multiple graded stakes winner Performer has passed away at age five.
He was sent to the clinic Friday night, and died early Saturday morning from a ruptured stomach.
The son of Speightstown, from the family of champions Storm Flag Flying and Personal Ensign, was slated to begin his first year at stud in 2022 at the historic Claiborne Farm.
Bred by the Phipps Stable, Performer was never off the board in nine starts and earned over $420,000 racing in the colors of the Phipps and Claiborne Farm. He won the Grade 3 Discovery Stakes at age three, and took the G3 Fred W. Hooper Stakes at age five.
He will be buried in the Marchmont cemetery at Claiborne Farm.
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