The owners of Firms Phantom are happy to advise of the recent settlement of an action arising from the death of Firms Phantom
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At the time of purchasing Firms Phantom, he had set the Windsor Raceway record for fastest three-fifths of a mile and a North American record for the fastest five-eighths of a mile. He was selected as Atlantic Canada’s Horse of the Year in 2000 and 2001.
The talk of the Maritimes at the early part of this decade, the son of Matter Of Money - Firm Footing reeled off 28 straight wins over the course of two seasons and equaled Cam Fella's modern day pacing win streak in the process. The colt was later sold to a group of owners - Susan Tooke, Margaret Forward, Joseph Ruta, and Randy Fauteux - for $125,000 in July 2002.
Complications from a hock injection forced the euthanization of the horse in September of that year.