Three-time Ascot Gold Cup winner Stradivarius has been retired at the age of eight, having been slow to recover from the bruised foot he sustained last month.
In a remarkable career, John and Thady Gosden’s star stayer won three Ascot Gold Cups as well as four Goodwood Cups, three Lonsdale Cups and two Doncaster Cups for owner Bjorn Nielsen.
The eight-year-old chestnut won a total of 20 races from 35 starts, collecting prize money of over £3.4 million.
Stradivarius wins the Sagaro Stakes at Ascot on Trials Day
Stradivarius was a late absentee in the Lonsdale Cup at York last month due to a bruised foot, with the horse taking longer than expected to recover from the problem.
“He has been trotting and cantering but it has taken longer to get over the bruised foot than we thought,” Nielsen told the Racing Post.
“We felt it would be unfair to ask him to come back again as a nine-year-old next season after his enforced time off.
“It has been a fairytale from start to finish. Until this setback he had never been medicated and had never missed an engagement through injury.”
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