RETIREMENTS: Thousand Words
 

Volatile injured, retired.

BC Sprint opens up a bit..

I can’t wait until CZ Rocket wins the Sprint now.

That's a shame.
I hope he heals up and returns next year

Retired unfortunately

That's a shame :(

Game Winner packs it in; Heads to Lane’s End
 

GAME WINNER: https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-rac...d-to-lanes-end

Back to back fourth place finishers in the Derby!

Yeah, who would have known he wasn’t already retired without this announcement?

Ankle fracture ends Midnight Bisou's career..
 

BISOU: Minor fracture brings her great career to an end..

https://www.bloomracing.com/blog/midnight-bisou-retires

Glad she gonna be ok and will have a nice life. She was fun to watch.

McKinzie retired; Heads to Gainesway
 

McKINZIE: https://www.drf.com/news/mckinzie-re...gainesway-farm

He’s done enough. Saw nearly half his starts. A really nice career and should be an attractive stud.

He would have romped in the BC Sprint if they kept him around from one more start (assuming the horse was in decent shape). He was actually entered in the Bing Crosby at Del Mar for about 2 seconds, so they were maybe thinking along those lines.

Then he could have retired properly at the end of the year...after running 3rd at 4-5 in the Cigar Mile.

Today it's GIFT BOX.. Lane's End.

BELLAFINA retires after pre-entering F&M Sprint..

Authentic, Vekoma (Spendthrift), War Of Will (Claiborne), Improbable, Tom's d'Etat, Global Campaign (WinStar), Maximum, Security (Coolmore/Ashford), Higher Power (Darby Dan)..

Unless they recanted, there's a possibility that Global Campaign targets the Pegasus Cup before calling it a day.

I wonder if moving the Pegasus to late December when the GP meet opens wouldn't be more fruitful in drawing a decent field every year. I'd bet a few of those above (e.g., Higher Power, War of Will) would take one final crack before retiring. Might bolster the Clark and Cigar Mile, too, with enough spacing for 2 starts post-BC.

Global absolutely going forward for Pegoose.. and Stan Hough talkin' trash too!

Thousand Words: Off to Spendthrift..