|
|
Top Godolphin mares retired; Sara Louise confirmed for Top Flight Rick Mettee, assistant to trainer Saeed bin Suroor, confirmed Friday that Godolphin's Grade 1-winning triumvirate of MUSIC NOTE (A.P. Indy), COCOA BEACH (Chi) (Doneraile Court) and SEVENTH STREET (Street Cry [Ire]) have all been retired. Music Note finished a close second to Proud Spell in the balloting for champion three-year-old filly in 2008 after wins in the Mother Goose S. (G1), Coaching Club American Oaks (G1) and Gazelle S. (G1). She ran second to Proud Spell in the Alabama S. (G1) and third to Zenyatta in the Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic (G1). This season, Music Note won the Ballerina S. (G1) and Beldame S. (G1) prior to a repeat third in the Ladies' Classic. She retires with a mark of 12-7-1-2, $1,615,000. Cocoa Beach, the 2008 Horse of the Year in Chile, captured the Beldame and Matriarch S. (G1) in 2008 and was second to Zenyatta in the Ladies' Classic. From five starts this season, the five-year-old captured the De La Rose S. at Saratoga and was third in the Lady's Secret S. (G1). Her career ends with a mark of 16-10-2-2, $1,744,905. Seventh Street finishes with a record of 10-5-3-1, $716,000. She won the Apple Blossom H. (G1) and Go for Wand H. (G1) and placed second in the Ogden Phipps H. (G1), Ruffian H. (G1) and Barbara Fritchie H. (G2), but was unplaced in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) in her final start. Mettee also confirmed that stable stars JUSTENUFFHUMOR (Distorted Humor), REGAL RANSOM (Distorted Humor) and GAYEGO (Gilded Time) would winter in Dubai, while SARA LOUISE (Malibu Moon) and VINEYARD HAVEN (Lido Palace [Chi]) will remain in the United States. "We'll pick them up in the spring when we return," Mettee said. Sara Louise, fourth in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint in her most recent start, breezed Thursday morning in in preparation for the November 27 Top Flight H. (G2) over one mile. "Sara Louise ran okay (in the Breeders' Cup)," Mettee said. "We thought she would actually move up on the synthetic they way she trained over it, but she didn't. We thought she would be a competitive third in there and to see her come in a modest fourth was a little surprising. She'll run in the Top Flight and then get the winter off."
 Send this article to a friend
|
|
