MG1SW Hawkbill (Kitten's Joy-Trensa, by Giant's Causeway) has been retired, Godolphin announced on Tuesday. Highweighted in England as a 3-year-old, the chestnut struck twice at the highest level in the 2016 G1 Coral-Eclipse S. and G1 Longines Dubai Sheema Classic this March for trainer Charlie Appleby. A winner of 10 of his 24 starts and six group scores, the 5-year-old, who placed an additional five times at Group 1 level in Canada, England (2) and Germany (2), retires with earnings of $4,777,480.
“He was a wonderful racehorse, who will be remembered for bringing Moulton Paddocks to the international stage,” said Appleby. “He was an ambassador for Godolphin, who gave everybody connected with him immense pleasure. He was hugely popular in the yard. Now, he is set to enjoy a well-deserved retirement.”
Bred by the Helen K. Groves Revokable Trust and purchased for $350,000 out of the 2014 Keeneland September Yearling Sale, the Kentucky-bred is a half-brother to GI Claiborne Breeders' Futurity S. victor Free Drop Billy (Union Rags). His dam, the GSP Trensa is a half-sister to MGSW Batique (Storm Cat) and produced by GI Ballerina S. victress Serape (Fappiano).
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