Grade 1 winner and producer Hot Dixie Chick has died at age 18, Stonestreet Farm announced Sept. 19. The farm posted on X the mare was euthanized due to complications from colic.
Bred in Kentucky by Santa Rosa Partners, Hot Dixie Chick was the fourth foal out of grade 3 winner Above Perfection, who later produced 2017 Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Always Dreaming and grade 2 winner Positive Spirit.
Hot Dixie Chick was purchased by Barbara Banke under her Grace Stables banner at the 2009 Fasig-Tipton Florida Select 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale. A precocious daughter of Dixie Union, Hot Dixie Chick set a track record at Churchill Downs when breaking her maiden in her second start, covering five furlongs on dirt in :56.48. She won three of her four starts at 2, capped by victories in the Spinaway (G1) and Schuylerville (G3) stakes.
She returned at 3 to win the 2010 Prima Donna Stakes and finished third in the Eight Belles (G3) and Winning Colors (G3) stakes, earning $343,252 with a 4-1-2 record in seven lifetime starts for trainer Steve Asmussen.
Hot Dixie Chick passed her talent on to her progeny, led by grade 1 winner Pauline's Pearl (Tapit ). Racing as a homebred for Stonestreet, Pauline's Pearl earned six graded stakes wins, including the 2022 La Troienne Stakes (G1), and more than $2.1 million.
From seven foals to race, Hot Dixie Chick is represented by five winners, including stakes winner Union Jackson and stakes-placed Marsalis, both by Curlin . Her final foal is a yearling colt by Flightline named Fly Guy.
