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Fond farewell: Martime Traveler, who has died aged 35 at Bridlewood Farm, his longtime home in Ocala. Photo: Patricia McQueen<\/p>\nFond farewell: Martime Traveler, who has died aged 35 at Bridlewood Farm, his longtime home in Ocala. Photo: Patricia McQueen<\/p>\n
Maritime Traveler, who had been the last living offspring of the the legendary Triple Crown winner, was laid to rest on Sunday [July 27] at the cemetery at Bridlewood Farm in Ocala, his home for the vast majority of his life<\/p>\n
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It was inevitable, but it\u2019s still hard to accept. The very last Secretariat to grace this earth has returned to his maker, to run free in the great beyond alongside his illustrious sire.<\/p>\n
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At the ripe old age of 35, Maritime Traveler passed away peacefully at Ocala\u2019s Bridlewood Farm in the wee hours of Sunday, July 27. It was the only home the stallion had known for almost his entire life, where he served honorably as a teaser to earn his place as an important part of the farm\u2019s storied history.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Patricia McQueen: Birthday wishes for an extraordinary senior: catching up with Secretariat\u2019s last son as he turns 35<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cMaritime Traveler wasn\u2019t destined to be a great racehorse, but he was certainly a great teaser,\u201d said longtime farm general manager George Isaacs. \u201cHe did his job very well here for 25 years.<\/p>\n \u201cWe laid him to rest in Bridlewood\u2019s cemetery Sunday morning, alongside all of our other horses that were near and dear to our people and our hearts,\u201d<\/p>\n Coincidentally, those buried there include My Gallant, a G1 winner who was third in Secretariat\u2019s Belmont Stakes and second behind the Triple Crown winner in the Arlington Invitational.<\/p>\n Isaacs had hoped the old boy would hang on for a while longer \u2013 Maritime Traveler was still eating all his feed every day and comfortably managing his near-blindness. Yet despite being well acclimated to Florida\u2019s hot summers, it was really tough this year, and eventually the stallion decided it was time to go.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The flashy chestnut first received national attention towards the end of 2022, when the realization came that he was in fact one of the last few remaining Secretariats at that time \u201cI knew he was a son of Secretariat,\u201d recalled Isaacs, \u201cbut the years go by and you don\u2019t really think about it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Eureka moment: Secretariat\u2019s son Maritime Traveler is a welcome surprise<\/a><\/p>\n So it was that Maritime Traveler finally became a celebrity at age 32, and Bridlewood tried its best to welcome visitors who came from near and far to see a living legend. \u201cIt was the proper thing to do and we enjoyed doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n His passing is the end of an era for Secretariat, and also for a connection to Bridlewood\u2019s original owners, Arthur and Martha Appleton (who purchased Maritime Traveler as a yearling in 1991).<\/p>\n \u201cWe are saddened here at Bridlewood as this also ends any living connection to the old Bridlewood,\u201d said Isaacs. Yet the new Bridlewood is as strong as ever; the farm is a co-owner of Preakness winner Journalism, and both he and leading three-year-old Sovereignty received their early training at Bridlewood (both colts are also Secretariat descendants, naturally).<\/p>\n Isaacs added: \u201cThe Appletons would be smiling down from above knowing that the flame still burns bright with our new racing stars being started here at the farm and graduating to the world stage.\u201d<\/p>\n For Isaacs, Secretariat will always be one of his all-time favorite horses. \u201cVery few horses will ever look through a bridle and have that kind of athleticism or ability,\u201d he said. Providing a worthy career for a son of Secretariat who lived to a ripe old age \u201cjust kind of makes you pinch yourself and be grateful for being born to do what I do.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0Children of Secretariat: click here for links to all the articles in Patricia McQueen\u2019s popular series<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n How Secretariat\u2019s offspring contributed to the fabled career of D. Wayne Lukas<\/a><\/p>\n Birthday wishes for an extraordinary senior: catching up with Secretariat\u2019s last son as he turns 35<\/a><\/p>\n \u2018Chosen Lady was very special\u2019 \u2013 how National Treasure added to generations of success for Secretariat mare<\/a><\/p>\n Jay Hovdey: \u2018The sport deserves a better cinematic version of Secretariat \u2013 and so does Secretariat\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n \u2018There would never be another Secretariat \u2026 it was goodbye to the embodiment of a dream\u2019 \u2013 Steve Dennis with a final farewell<\/a><\/p>\n Kingston Rule: the son of Secretariat who ran the fastest Melbourne Cup ever<\/a><\/p>\n View the latest TRC Global Rankings for horses \/<\/a>\u00a0jockeys \/<\/a>\u00a0trainers \/<\/a>\u00a0sires<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fond farewell: Martime Traveler, who has died aged 35 at Bridlewood Farm, his longtime home in Ocala. 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