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Updated: July 31, 2025 at 5:38 pm
Preservationist | Sarah Andrew
Grade I winner Preservationist (Arch–Flying Dixie, by Dixieland Band) died in Korea July 19, according to Korea Racing Authority records. The news was first reported in the U.S. by Paulick Report.
Racing for Centennial Farms and trained by Jimmy Jerkens, Preservationist won the 2019 GI Woodward Stakes and GII Suburban Stakes. He hit the board in nine of 11 starts, with six wins and earnings of $1,084,550.
He began his stud career at Airdrie Stud and sired 2024 GIII Peter Pan Stakes winner Antiquarian, who has gone on to finish second in this year’s GII Suburban Stakes and GIII Blame Stakes.
Preservationist is also the sire of stakes winners In a Jam, Band of Gold, and Diakonissa. His son Chunk of Gold earned a spot in this year’s Kentucky Derby with runner-up efforts in the GII Louisiana Derby and GII Risen Star Stakes. He was also second in the GIII Ohio Derby.
The 12-year-old Preservationist relocated to Korea last December.
“We were blind sided by it,” Airdrie’s Bret Jones said of news of the stallion’s death. “I didn’t know it until Don Little [from Centennial] reached out, having just read an article. I reached out to the agent who did the deal and she said the horse was doing fabulously in Korea, he had bred 80 mares or so. He colicked and had to go in for surgery and tragically did not make it. We are very sorry for Don and the Centennial team and Jimmy Jerkens. He was a horse who had a lot of people that loved him. A very sad day for everyone who loved a very special horse.”
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