Williamstown euthanized at age 25

He

was also successful as a stallion, siring 15 stakes winners, including Grade 3

scorer Vinemeister.

Williamstown was pensioned from stud duty in 2007 after

proving infertile. The Central Kentucky insurance firm Aubrey Insurance took

possession of the horse and tried to place him in an equine program at

University of Minnesota, but he did not fit their needs. Plans to euthanize

Williamstown were underway when an employee at Aubrey decided to contact Blowen

at Old Friends.

"I'll never forget the day, nearly eight years ago, when a woman named Lisa

called from Frank Aubrey Insurance and asked us if we had room for a horse named

Williamstown," Blowen recalled. "I was thrilled. I had visited

Williamstown years earlier at Saratoga when Peter Vestal trained him. Over the

years, his kind owner, Peter Willmott, visited Williamstown many times and was a

generous supporter.

"Like his sire, Seattle Slew, Williamstown knew he could be

very imperious," Blowen added. "But he earned it, and he'll be missed."