Snow Ridge Farm is sad to announce the death of their stallion, Shark St Partners p,3,1:50.4 ($347,194)

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One of Michigan's more popular sires, Shark St Partners was recently discovered to have a large internal growth that was soon to be diagnosed as a very large bladder stone, approximately the size of a small volleyball.

In August, he underwent two serious operations and two weeks recovery at the Michigan State University Veterinary Hospital in Lansing, Michigan. Subsequent post surgery testing proved Shark St Partners to be sterile.

Shark St Partners was previously owned by Salerno-Trezza Partners and Steve Salerno. His career included winning multiple NJSS races, Smullin Memorial and Hoosier Cup eliminations and multiple Open Class races at Pocono Downs. At age four he was named Pocono Downs Horse of the Year.

The 2008 season saw his third crop hit the tracks. His current fastest offspring is Shark Dressed Man p,3,1:53f, who is a Michigan state record holder with a mark of 1:55.1 over a county fair track.

Shark St Partners recovered from his surgeries and was living his retirement out at Snow Ridge Farm. Sadly, in early January, he came down with a bad case of colic and had to be euthanized.