Eagle Top (GB) (Pivotal {GB}–Gull Wing {Ire}, by In The Wings {GB}), winner of the 2014 G2 King Edward VI S. at Royal Ascot, has been retired, trainer John Gosden told Racing Post. The 5-year-old, campaigned as a homebred by Lady Bamford, was runner-up at Royal Ascot the following year in the G2 Hardwicke S., and recorded perhaps his most memorable performance when second by a nose to Postponed (Ire) (Dubawi {GB}) in last year's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth S. Eagle Top had failed to hit the board in three tries this year, and was last seen finishing ninth in the G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud July 3.
“We've decided to retire Eagle Top and hopefully we can now find a nice stud job for him,” Gosden told Racing Post. “He is a good-looking horse with a good mind on him and he was very much a top-of-the-ground performer.”
“I thought his best performance was his win in the King Edward VII S., as the form of the race has worked out very well,” Gosden added. “As I remember, he had subsequent Grade 1 winner Adelaide well behind him in second that day.”
Out of the stakes-winning Gull Wing, Eagle Top is a full-brother to this term's G2 Dante S. winner Wings Of Desire (GB), who emulated him with a runner-up effort in the King George, as well as G2 Park Hill S. winner and G1 Investec Oaks third The Lark (GB). Gull Wing is a half-sister to dual Oaks victress Sariska (GB) (Pivotal {GB}).
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