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brunanas wrote: Wed Sep 25, 2024 5:59 pm
Psychotic Parakeet wrote: Wed Sep 25, 2024 4:41 pm Adare Manor. Skipping the Breeders' Cup, too.

https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/a ... zU94w3l2rA
is there any reason why she'd be kept in light training instead of being sent to a farm if she's retired?
I would guess if in the rare chance whoever bought her wanted to bring her back as a 6yo?
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Wed Sep 25, 2024 6:49 pm

Flanders wrote: Wed Sep 25, 2024 6:27 pm
brunanas wrote: Wed Sep 25, 2024 5:59 pm
Psychotic Parakeet wrote: Wed Sep 25, 2024 4:41 pm Adare Manor. Skipping the Breeders' Cup, too.

https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/a ... zU94w3l2rA
is there any reason why she'd be kept in light training instead of being sent to a farm if she's retired?
I would guess if in the rare chance whoever bought her wanted to bring her back as a 6yo?
my understanding from the article though is that she is being sold as a broodmare prospect only.
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brunanas wrote: Wed Sep 25, 2024 6:49 pm
Flanders wrote: Wed Sep 25, 2024 6:27 pm
brunanas wrote: Wed Sep 25, 2024 5:59 pm
is there any reason why she'd be kept in light training instead of being sent to a farm if she's retired?
I would guess if in the rare chance whoever bought her wanted to bring her back as a 6yo?
my understanding from the article though is that she is being sold as a broodmare prospect only.
That doesn't mean anything if they don't "retire her from racing" with the JC. Or maybe Petersen would rather just pay the day rate at Baffert's stable than have her shipped to Kentucky now and then have to board her for a month?
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Thu Sep 26, 2024 8:22 am

If her owners would rather "board" her at Baffert's barn than a Kentucky Farm, maybe the "light training" is more or less just giving her exercise since she won't have an open pasture. Though I suppose this could be viewed as risky should she get injured during "light training," but she could also get injured while frolicking in a pasture. Not sure what races she would qualify for later in the year (like post-BC) but what is stopping them from giving her one more start if she is "100% healthy"?

If a horse is sold as a "stallion or broodmare prospect only" does that really officially prevent them from being put back into training?
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Thu Sep 26, 2024 10:39 am

War horse Wizard Willie (Gary D. × Witchesofwestfield, by Cape Canaveral) was retired after his last race on August 11, 2024. He was rehomed through Stoney Hollow Stables.

The gray gelding retired with a record of 81: 10-16-15 and earnings of $154,417. He won his debut race as a juvenile in 2017 and ran consistently from age 2 through 9 at six different tracks.

He is a distant relative of Hall of Famer Swoon's Son.
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Fri Sep 27, 2024 4:30 pm

Linda's Gift. She will be offered at FT Night of the Stars.
https://paulickreport.com/news/bloodsto ... n-november


Blue Rose Cen has been retired.
https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/c ... n-retired/
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Sat Sep 28, 2024 7:23 pm

Dornoch Retired to Spendthrift After Training Setback
https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing ... ng-setback

Dornoch, a leading 3-year-old colt with impressive wins in the Belmont Stakes (G1) and Haskell Stakes (G1), has been diagnosed with bone bruising, which will force him to miss his planned final start in the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1).
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Mon Sep 30, 2024 11:34 am

Big Brown has been retired from stud duty and is now at Old Friends

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Cozmic One has been retired to Old Friends due to the reemergence of an old leg injury
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Wed Oct 02, 2024 3:53 pm

'He Made The Races Exciting': 9-Year-Old Noble Drama Retired From Racing
https://paulickreport.com/horse-care-ca ... rom-racing

6 stakes wins, second or third in 11 stakes. Record of 48:10 - 12 - 6 and earnings of $876,562.
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Thu Oct 03, 2024 10:36 am

Timberlake retired to Winstar
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Wed Oct 09, 2024 11:13 am

Two-time Arizona Downs track record setter Limonite (Lemon Drop Kid × Colina Verde, by Know Heights) has been retired and gelded. He is available for adoption at New Vocations.

He is a stakes winner and placed in graded stakes twice. He raced from age 2 through 8 and retired with a record of 44: 9-5-8 and earnings of $456,856. He finished second in his last race last February.

His dam Colina Verde won the 2006 Brazil Filly Triple Crown as did his great-great-grandmother Emerald Hill in 1977. Colina Verde is also the dam of Greenzapper (by Ghostzapper) who won a G1 in Brazil.

https://newvocations.org/horse_detail/1477
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I'm somewhat surprised he didn't get a chance at stud somewhere out west.
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Wed Oct 09, 2024 5:33 pm

Bright Future is retired to Claiborne for $12,500

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Wed Oct 09, 2024 7:28 pm

G2 winner Lane Way (Into Mischief x Corderosa by Aldebaran) is going to Old Friends on November 18, 2024.
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Psychotic Parakeet wrote: Wed Oct 09, 2024 7:28 pm G2 winner Lane Way (Into Mischief x Corderosa by Aldebaran) is going to Old Friends on November 18, 2024.
Thanks for the update on him.
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Tue Oct 15, 2024 8:37 am

Who is most likely to retire at the end of the year?
So far I think War Like Goddess.
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othybat_99 wrote: Tue Oct 15, 2024 8:37 am Who is most likely to retire at the end of the year?
So far I think War Like Goddess.
Sierra Leone. I’ll eat my foot if he doesn’t retire immediately after the breeders cup. Holding out hope Fierceness stays around but with Mindframe coming next year I don’t see it. Far Bridge probably along with maybe Carl Spackler.
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Wed Oct 16, 2024 11:31 am

I predict Fluffy Socks will retire. I think they really wanted to try and get her a G1W but that hasn't worked out so far.

Meanwhile, 9 y/o German gelding Skalleti (Kendargent) has been retired. He won 12 graded stakes races including the Grand Dallmayr Prize (G1) and Prix d'Ispahan (G1).
https://www.turf-times.de/tt-artikel/en ... n-skalleti
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Mylute wrote: Wed Oct 16, 2024 11:31 am I predict Fluffy Socks will retire. I think they really wanted to try and get her a G1W but that hasn't worked out so far.

Meanwhile, 9 y/o German gelding Skalleti (Kendargent) has been retired. He won 12 graded stakes races including the Grand Dallmayr Prize (G1) and Prix d'Ispahan (G1).
https://www.turf-times.de/tt-artikel/en ... n-skalleti
Fluffy Socks is in the FT November Sale, so I'm guessing she'll be retiring.
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