Retirements 2017

Izvestia · Sat Mar 11, 2017 2:17 am

I always loved his name, and I think Jump Start is underrated. PFR is definitely a good regional sire prospect.

Sparrow Castle · Sun Mar 19, 2017 2:50 pm

David Grening‏ @DRFGrening
Naipaul Chatterpaul had claimed Kid Cruz for $40K. The claim was voided by stewards after horse was vanned off.

Carrie Brogden‏@MachmerHall
@craigbrogden @rstanzel just got call, Kid Cruz is coming home!!! he has a tendon but will be fine. gelding, vacation and 2nd career next!

Craig Brogden‏ @craigbrogden
@rstanzel Carrie has told the connections that he will always have a home at our farm when they are ready to retire him.

Carrie Brogden‏ @MachmerHall @craigbrogden @rstanzel yes, I spoke to both the trainer and the co- owner directly and he has had an open spot at our farm

http://www.equibase.com/profiles/Result ... registry=T

Sparrow Castle · Tue Apr 11, 2017 5:43 pm

Gforce‏@rgullatt
My personal pony for life. Silver Mission! last years Tremont winner. Thanks David Flores for the training. #LifeAfterRacing

Diver52 · Wed Apr 12, 2017 1:35 pm

He looks good in Western!

starrydreamer · Thu Apr 13, 2017 11:29 am

Sparrow Castle wrote:David Grening‏ @DRFGrening
Naipaul Chatterpaul had claimed Kid Cruz for $40K. The claim was voided by stewards after horse was vanned off.

Carrie Brogden‏@MachmerHall
@craigbrogden @rstanzel just got call, Kid Cruz is coming home!!! he has a tendon but will be fine. gelding, vacation and 2nd career next!

Craig Brogden‏ @craigbrogden
@rstanzel Carrie has told the connections that he will always have a home at our farm when they are ready to retire him.

Carrie Brogden‏ @MachmerHall @craigbrogden @rstanzel yes, I spoke to both the trainer and the co- owner directly and he has had an open spot at our farm

http://www.equibase.com/profiles/Result ... registry=T

Glad to hear this!

mariasmon · Tue Apr 18, 2017 11:26 am

Tepin is retired.

https://twitter.com/casseracingnc/statu ... 1586707456

http://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/tw ... om-racing/

TapitsGal · Fri Apr 21, 2017 3:26 pm

Allison Springer retired her longtime faithful mount Arthur ahead of his start in next weeks rolex Kentucky due to a heart condition

Sparrow Castle · Fri Apr 21, 2017 4:09 pm

TapitsGal wrote:Allison Springer retired her longtime faithful mount Arthur ahead of his start in next weeks rolex Kentucky due to a heart condition

Happy Retirement, Arthur. Glad they caught it in time by doing an exercising electrocardiogram. This would be cool.

Allison has requested that the ground jury still allow Arthur to complete his dressage test at Rolex next week before withdrawing from the competition to begin his retirement. An official retirement ceremony will be announced soon.

Allison Springer’s Top Mount Arthur Retires Due to Heart Condition
http://eventingnation.com/allison-sprin ... condition/

Sparrow Castle · Tue Apr 25, 2017 2:03 pm

Multiple Grade 1 Winner I'm a Chatterbox Retired

She's been a familiar sight these past few years, a fireball chestnut galloping fiercely in the morning around ovals across the country with trainer Larry Jones along for the ride.

Now Fletcher and Carolyn Gray's gritty homebred I'm a Chatterbox will transition into her second career, as a broodmare whose first visit will come this season to Darley stallion Medaglia d'Oro . The multiple grade 1 winner has been retired, Jones said April 25.

"She's got some bone bruising, nothing bad and nothing to keep her from racing. But it would take three months to deal with it, and three months to get her back ready to go, and at that point you're already looking at late October, and you've missed the Breeders' Cup," Jones explained. "She's already 5, and the plan wasn't going to be to race her at 6 anyway, we were just going to race her this year."

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/ ... dium=email

Sparrow Castle · Tue Apr 25, 2017 2:05 pm

One Last Race‏ @OneLastRace
Congrats to PRIVATE ZONE on his retirement to @Oldfriendsfarm & thank you for racing w/ us to show your support aftercare.

Sparrow Castle · Tue May 16, 2017 2:16 am

This 9 year old g. has been the concern of many on twitter. He's had 103 starts and earned $370,017 racing mostly on the New York circuit. Happy retirement, Metaurus.

Nancy Baach‏ @NBaach@NotCloudyAllDay
Metaurus is being retired to ReRun.

S.O.S.‏ @NotCloudyAllDay
Replying to @IDGARASFU and @NBaach
Metaurus is one of the horses who actually started THE WATCH several years ago. He so deserves this.

Profile: http://www.equibase.com/profiles/Result ... y=T&rbt=TB

BaroqueAgain1 · Mon May 22, 2017 4:29 pm

Multiple group 1 winner Solow has been retired. I hope the handsome grey gelding has a long and pampered retirement.
https://www.paulickreport.com/news/thor ... ed-racing/

BaroqueAgain1 · Fri May 26, 2017 1:12 pm

The great Hong Kong miler Able Friend has been retired.
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/ ... nd-retired
I was lucky enough to see some of his impressive wins when TVG started showing racing from Hong Kong. For such a big horse, he had a fierce turn-of-foot.

BaroqueAgain1 · Mon May 29, 2017 3:08 pm

Galileo Gold has been retired after suffering a soft tissue injury during the running of the Lockinge Stakes.
I watched that race, and the way GG faded seemed unusual for the brilliant colt. He didn't always win, but he always fought to the wire. An injury would explain his disappointing performance.
https://www.paulickreport.com/news/bloo ... ue-injury/

Life At Zen · Mon May 29, 2017 4:37 pm

Catch A Glimpse

BaroqueAgain1 · Mon May 29, 2017 5:27 pm

It makes sense, but where did you read that? Bloodhorse, DRF and Paulick are lagging behind your source.

ThreeMustangs · Mon May 29, 2017 7:58 pm

Life At Zen wrote:Catch A Glimpse

REALLY glad to hear this.

Life At Zen · Mon May 29, 2017 10:21 pm

BaroqueAgain1 wrote:It makes sense, but where did you read that? Bloodhorse, DRF and Paulick are lagging behind your source.

Didn't even realize BH or DRF didn't have it. I guess you'd say she's all but retired. She's being shipped to the farm. Nothing officially announced but I was told highly unlikely she will run again. I guess I should've waited until it was announced... sorry guys!

BaroqueAgain1 · Tue Jun 06, 2017 2:44 pm

Twilight Eclipse has been retired.

Twilight Eclipse Retired, to Begin Training in Eventing
Owner West Point Thoroughbreds said Twilight Eclipse, who once sold at auction for $1,000 but reached racing's heights, has been retired from racing.
Grade 1-winning multi-millionaire Twilight Eclipse retires sound and will begin retraining for a second career in eventing. Since March he was conditioned by Graham Motion after being handled most of his career by trainer Tom Albertrani.
Read more: http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/ ... n-eventing

I wouldn't be surprised if he had some success in his new career. IMHO, his Dynaformer bloodline makes him well-suited for the challenges of eventing.

BaroqueAgain1 · Wed Jun 14, 2017 7:07 pm

maggi moss‏ @maggimoss 3h3 hours ago

a HUGE thank you To @LooochRacing who has a huge heart, and upon request claimed Johannsburg Smile, today to retire and go to old friends
https://twitter.com/maggimoss?ref_src=t ... ort.com%2F