Summerly, the winner of the 2005 Kentucky Oaks, died earlier this year of colic, WinStar Farm CEO Elliott Walden confirmed to TwinSpires Edge. She was 19.
The daughter of Summer Squall had resided at WinStar Farm since 2006, when the operation purchased the mare for $3.3 million at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale.
Bred in Kentucky by Tom Van Meter and Michael Lowenbaum, Summerly sold to Winchell Thoroughbreds for $410,000 at the 2003 Keeneland September Yearling Sale. She was placed in the barn of Steve Asmussen, and ran third in the Grade 2 Golden Rod Stakes as a juvenile.
At three, Summerly rolled off wins in the G3 Silverbulletday Stakes and G2 Fair Grounds Oaks in Louisiana, then she finished fourth in the G1 Ashland Stakes ahead of the Kentucky Oaks. Under jockey Jerry Bailey, Summerly left the gate as the betting public's second choice and led at every point of call to win the race by two lengths.
Summerly added a win in the black type Ashado Stakes in Saratoga to kick off her 4-year-old campaign, and she retired at the end of the season with six wins in 14 starts for earnings of $907,652.
She entered the WinStar Farm broodmare band after selling at the Fasig-Tipton sale, where she produced five winners from eight starters. The most successful runners among them were the Brazilian Group 3-placed Unbridled's Song filly Allez Marie, and her first foal, the stakes-placed Distorted Humor colt Kentucky Reign.
Summerly's final foal was an Always Dreaming colt born on March 18. She was part of the first book of mares for WinStar resident Tom's d'Etat earlier this year.
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