09/11/2025
She was born of greatness,Secretariat's daughter, a fiery chestnut with elegance in her bones and lightning in her stride. They called her Terlingua, but to those who knew, she was always something more.
💫 The Crown Princess.
From the moment she stepped onto the track, Terlingua didn't just run,she dazzled. As a two-year-old, she shattered stakes records with a fierce, effortless grace, a blur of red fire carving her name into the future. Her brilliance was more than speed. It was destiny in motion.
But her greatest legacy didn’t end at the finish line.
🐎 When D. Wayne Lukas watched her run, something shifted. She was so talented, so magnetic, that he left Quarter Horses behind and turned to Thoroughbreds for good. One filly, one spark, changed the course of a legendary career.
And when her racing days were over, Terlingua passed the torch.
She became the dam of Storm Cat—a name that would roar through breeding sheds and winner’s circles for decades. Through him, her fire echoed across generations, shaping champions, rewriting pedigrees, and proving again that royalty runs deeper than bloodlines,it runs in spirit.
❤️ In 2008, at the age of 32, Terlingua was laid to rest at Overbrook Farm. But no mare like her ever truly leaves.
She was a daughter of a king.
A mother of dynasties.
And in the hearts of those who remember…
still the Crown Princess.
