|04.28.2022|3:33pm
Mystic Guide and Luis Saez win the Dubai World Cup in March 2021.
Mystic Guide, a sensational winner of the 2021 Dubai World Cup Sponsored by Emirates Airline, has been retired to take up stallion duties at Jonabell Farm for the 2023 breeding season.
Trainer Michael Stidham stated: “Horses of Mystic Guide’s caliber just don’t come along too often. To win the Dubai World Cup for Godolphin was obviously a special moment for me and my team and one that I’ll always remember. I’m sure the next chapter in his life will be equally as exciting.”
The homebred son of Ghostzapper grew to become the primary Godolphin horse educated within the United States to seize the centerpiece of the UAE season as he powered to a close to four-length victory over Japanese champion Chuwa Wizard.
That success got here on the again of an imperious show within the Grade 3 Razorback Handicap at Oaklawn Park on Mystic Guide’s 4-year-old return. Scoring by six lengths on a sloppy monitor, the Stidham-trained colt ran to a Beyer Speed Figure of 108, a mark bettered solely by Essential Quality throughout the first half of 2021 past a mile.
Mystic Guide’s exploits had been acknowledged on the 2021 Eclipse Awards, the place he was a finalist within the older grime male class alongside Godolphin’s G1 Clark Stakes winner Maxfield and Breeders’ Cup Classic scorer Knicks Go.
In complete, Mystic Guide received or positioned in all 9 of his profession appearances, with 4 wins additionally together with a decided victory within the G2 Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga in 2020 – a race received by present Darley stallions Medaglia d’Oro, Street Sense and Essential Quality. He additionally ran second by simply three-quarters of a size within the G1 Jockey Club Gold Cup.
Mystic Guide retires because the highest-earning son of 2004 World Champion Ghostzapper, with profession prize cash in extra of US$7.5 million. His dam is the excellent A. P. Indy mare Music Note, a five-time G1 winner for Godolphin who herself is a granddaughter of US champion filly It’s In The Air.
Dan Pride, Chief Operating Officer of Godolphin in America stated, “The decision has been made to retire Mystic Guide due to a soft tissue injury. The timing unfortunately rules out his major summer and fall targets and as a result he will take up stud duties at Jonabell Farm. He proved himself a top-caliber horse on the world stage and has an outstanding pedigree with an impressive physical to match. We can’t wait for breeders to be able to see him in person.”
A price for Mystic Guide will probably be introduced in the end.
