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Pleasant Tap Dies

Pleasant Tap Dies

Champion racehorse and successful sire Pleasant Tap was euthanized Oct. 8 due to laminitis at William S. Farish's Lane's End Farm near Versailles, Ky.

 Monday, October 11, 2010

Stakes Winner Stage Colony Euthanized

Stage Colony, a graded stakes-winning son of Pleasant Colony, was euthanized Feb. 15 at Old Friends near Georgetown, Ky.

 Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Prominent Retired Trainer John Campo Sr. Dead

Retired trainer John Campo Sr., who conditioned champions Pleasant Colony, Protagonist, and Talking Picture, died Nov. 14 due to declining health over the past several years.

 Tuesday, November 15, 2005

California Stallion Cherokee Colony Dies

Cherokee Colony, a grade I winner who sired 10 stakes winners, died last week at the University of California at Davis Veterinary Hospital after suffering an internal rupture.

 Sunday, December 12, 2004

Champion and Major Sire Pleasant Colony Dead

Pleasant Colony, who won the 1981 Kentucky Derby (gr. I) and Preakness Stakes (gr. I), died Dec. 31 of natural causes in his paddock at George Grayson's Blue Ridge Farm near Upperville, Va.

 Friday, January 03, 2003

Never Knock, Dam of Pleasant Tap and Go for Gin, Dies

Never Knock, dam of champion Pleasant Tap and classic winner Go for Gin, died three days after delivering an A.P. Indy filly on March 2 at William du Pont III's Pillar Stud near Lexington.

 Tuesday, March 20, 2001