Winbak Farm has reported the passing of pacing broodmare Spring Break, who was euthanized due to unresolvable lameness issues, at the age of 22.
Spring Break, p, 2, 1:57.4h; 3, 1:50.3z ($787,057), was bred and raised by Winbak Farm. The daughter of Dream Away out of Siobhan was a 39-time winner.
“Spring Break was a special mare to me because she raced phenomenally for us before we retired to be a broodmare,” said Joe Thomson, Winbak Farm Owner. “She was a great producer, her babies always had an athletic look to them and they sold well.”
As a two-year-old, Spring Break won the Lou Babic Memorial and a New Jersey Sire Stakes division. She was third in divisions of the Molly Pitcher Stakes, Reynolds Stakes and Tompkins-Geers Stakes.
At three, Spring Break won a leg of the Andray Farm Series and the final. She was second in two other Andray Farm Series legs and a New Jersey Sire Stakes division. She was third in a Maryland Stakes, two New Jersey Sire Stakes divisions and a division of the Tompkins-Geers Stakes.
In her aged campaign, she won many Preferred races in Pennsylvania.
As a broodmare, Spring Break was a 100 per cent producer. She is the dam of 66-time winner Bettor Than Spring, p, 3, 1:52.1f; 1:49.2h ($978,541), 30-time winner Tuxedo Bay, p, 2, 1:54.4s; 3, 1:53.1s; 1:50 ($424,459), 20-time winner Spring Blake, p, 3, 1:52.2f; 1:49.1f -'25 ($307,564), and multiple 2025 Prospect Series division winner Cabo San Lucas, p, 2, 1:55.1f -'25 ($19,000).
“Spring Break’s daughters, Break The Deal and Grip N Win, are members of the Winbak Farm broodmare band,” said Jack Burke, Winbak Farm General Manager. “They are both young; their oldest foals are three and a yearling. We look forward to them carrying the Spring Break bloodline for many years to come.”
Please join Standardbred Canada in offering condolences to the connections of Spring Break.
(With files from Winbak Farm)