Broodmare of the Year Sweet Life Dies at 27
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Photo: Courtesy Lane's End
Sweet Life, the dam of champion Sweet Catomine and multiple grade 1 winner Life Is Sweet , died at the age of 27, Lane's End announced Jan. 19.
The grade 1-placed stakes winner by Kris S. out of Symbolically earned Broodmare of the Year honors in 2009, reflecting her status as a highly influential broodmare and producer of two Breeders' Cup World Championships races.
Sweet Catomine, by Storm Cat, was crowned champion 2-year-old filly in 2004 after capturing the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), Del Mar Debutante Stakes (G1), and Oak Leaf Stakes (G2). At 3, she won the Santa Anita Oaks (G1) and Santa Ysabel Stakes (G3).
Three years after foaling Sweet Catomine, Sweet Life foaled a full sister who was named Life Is Sweet. A homebred for Pam and Martin Wygod as was Sweet Catomine, Life Is Sweet would win four graded stakes on her way to earning more than $1.8 million. Her victories included the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic (G1) and Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap (G1). Sweet Life also produced Calimonco , a stakes-winning full brother to the illustrious fillies.
Sweet Life resided at Lane's End Farm since 2008 and was retired from the broodmare band in 2018. She will be buried in the farm's cemetery. Sweet Catomine and Life Is Sweet are retired from the broodmare band and are now pensioners at Lane's End.