by Elizabeth Cheesman, Winbak Farm Public Relations & Marketing

Chesapeake City, MD —Winbak Farm is sad to announce the passing of proven pacing stallion Three Wizzards p,2,1:54; 3, 1:52.2f ($815,154).

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Three Wizzards has died at the age of 27.

The stallion was bred by Whitehorse Farms.

Whitehorse Farms was the farm Joe and JoAnn Thomson co-owned with Ed Gold before they sold the farm and formed Winbak Farm. Three Wizzards had been named after the farm’s owners, Joe and JoAnn Thomson and Ed Gold.

Three Wizzards will always have a special place in the making of Winbak Farm because he was the first stallion that Winbak Farm stood.

As a racehorse, Three Wizzards won the Abe Lincoln Stake, Garden State Stake division, Sheppard pace elimination, Woodrow Wilson elimination and Hopeful Stake elimination. He was also second in the Nassagaweya and Windsor Riverfront Stake divisions. Three Wizzards won the Breeders Crown at three, beating both Artsplace and Die Laughing. He also won an elimination for the Adios.

As a stallion, Three Wizzards was successful in Delaware, New York and Maryland. He was the sire of 14 $100,000-plus winners. His offspring include New York Sire Stakes winner Stock Market Wiz p,1:49.3 ($739,282), Maryland Sire Stakes winner The Wiz p,3,1:53.2 ($682,071) and Delaware Breeders Fund winner Get Jazzed p,1:53.2f ($321,594).

Three Wizzards had been retired from breeding in 2013, but was living a good life of retirement and enjoyed spending his days grazing in the green fields of Winbak Farm of Delaware.

He is buried at Winbak Farm of Maryland.