time. His favorite activity was playing with his pasture mate, a donkey. Prospect Point's longest live record was broken by Japanese thoroughbred, named Arrow Hamakiyo, renamed Charlotte later, who lived to be 40 years old. Death Prospect Point’s health began to rapidly deteriorate in mid 2016. The horse had lost his appetite “out of the blue," and still refused to eat after being placed on antibiotics, losing a great amount of weight in the process. His body shutting down, Earle did not want him to suffer, so she made the decision to euthanize him. Prospect Point was euthanized on September 23, 2016 at the age of 38 years and 204 days. It is unknown as to why Prospect Point lived as long as he did. The average life expectancy for a Thoroughbred is between the ages of 25-28. Merrick, Tango Duke and Others The second longest lived Thoroughbred on record is Merrick, a track record-setting gelding born in 1903, who died in 1941. He lived to the age of 38 years and 52 days. Merrick is the horse for which the Merrick Inn in Lexington, Kentucky is named after, and he is buried there. Reports have also stated that an Australian gelding named Tango Duke lived until the age of 42. In Japan, as a male horse, lived until he was 40 years and 81 days. Also, as a female horse, lived until 38 years and 67 days. The living male horse Dead Solid Perfect is 38 years and 242 days old as of January 1, 2022. Pedigree References 1978 racehorse births 2016 racehorse deaths Racehorses trained in the United States Racehorses bred in Kentucky Thoroughbred family 8-f