Escena

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Escena (May 12, 1993 – June 3, 2015) was an American Thoroughbred racemare. She won multiple stakes races from 1996 to 1998 and notably finished runner-up in the 1996 Kentucky Oaks.

Her 5-year old season saw most of her success which concluded with a victory in the Breeders' Cup Distaff. Also in 1998, she was voted American Champion Older Female Horse at the Eclipse Awards.

Background

Escena was bred and raced by Allen Paulson, and trained by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee William I. Mott. She was foaled out of Claxton's Slew, a daughter of 1977 U.S. Triple Crown champion Seattle Slew, and was sired by Strawberry Road. Strawberry Road also sired Allen Paulson's Champion filly and 1997 Breeders' Cup Distaff winner Ajina.

Career

Retirement

Escena was retired at the end of her 1998 racing campaign and sold to Guy Snowden for $3.25 million at the January 1999 Horses of All Ages Sale at Keeneland. It was the highest price ever paid for a broodmare or broodmare prospect in Keeneland's history. She remained in service at Allen Paulson's Brookside Farm (now Diamond A Farm) near Versailles, Kentucky.

Death

On June 3, 2015, Escena died of old age.

References

• Escena's pedigree and partial racing stats
• February 07, 2000 Thoroughbred Times article titled Champion Escena delivers first foal Archived June 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine