Meadow Star, the unbeaten 2-year-old filly champion in 1990, died Thursday from complications foaling a colt by Kentucky Derby winner Fusaichi Pegasus. The colt also died.
Meadow Star, by Meadowlake, went 7-for-7 at 2, concluding her campaign with a five-length romp in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies. At 3, she took the first two legs of the “Triple Tiara,” the Acorn and Mother Goose, which she won by a nose over Lite Light after a thrilling stretch duel. Her trainer, Leroy Jolley, dubbed that race “the mother of all gooses.”
Meadow Star retired with 11 victories in 20 starts, earning $1.4 million.