Group 1 winner Salios (Jpn) (Heart's Cry {Jpn}–Salomina {Ger}, by Lomitas {GB}) has been retired from racing and will stand at Shadai Stallion Station beginning in 2023, www.winkeiba.jp reported on Tuesday. The Northern Racing-bred chestnut had been due to contest the G1 Longines Hong Kong Mile at Sha Tin on Sunday but was withdrawn after he was found to be lame in his left foreleg. A fee will be announced later for the Silk Racing Company colourbearer.
Undefeated as a juvenile with his three-race campaign culminating in the G1 Asahi Hai Futurity S., Salios would go on to run second in both the 2020 G1 Japanese 2000 Guineas and G1 Japanese Derby. The dual G2 Mainichi Okan hero (2020/22) was third in the Hong Kong Mile during the 2021 edition of the Longines Hong Kong International Races, and he added a third in the G1 Yasuda Kinen this June. His record stands at 15-5-2-2, with $4,350,207 in earnings.
Salios, out of the G1 German Oaks heroine Salomina, is a half-brother to Japanese Group 2 victress Salacia (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), who also reported home second in the G1 Arima Kinen and G1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup. His extended family is one of the best in Germany, as his second dam, the Tiger Hill (Ire) Group 3 winner and multiple Group 1-placed Saldentigerin (Ger), is out of listed winner Salde (Ger) (Alkalde {Ger}). Saldentigerin is a half-sister to three stakes winners and an additional two black-type horses led by dual Group 3 winner Saldenschwinge (Ger) (N The Wings {GB}). Another half-sister, the stakes-placed Saldenehre (Ger) (Highest Honor {Fr}), produced G1 German Oaks heroine Serienholde (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}), herself the dam of G1 NHK Mile Cup victor Schnell Meister (Ger) (Kingman {GB}).
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