'TDN Rising Star' Ramatuelle (Justify) is set to retire to the paddocks after being bought by Coolmore for $5.1 million at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale on Monday.
Trained by Christopher Head for owners including NBA Hall of Famer Tony Parker, Ramatuelle won four of her nine career starts and was last seen making the breakthrough at the top level with an emphatic victory in the Prix de la Foret at Longchamp, before being withdrawn from Saturday's GI Breeders' Cup Mile at Del Mar on veterinary advice.
The three-year-old was one of the headline lots when she went through the ring at Fasig-Tipton on Monday, with successful bidder MV Magnier indicating that the filly will now visit Wootton Bassett (GB), along with Opera Singer (Justify), the G1 Prix Marcel Boussac and G1 Nassau Stakes winner who has also been retired.
Magner told Fasig-Tipton's X account, “We had to retire Opera Singer as well, so I think what we will do is send the two of them to Wootton Bassett next year.
“That's what the guys want to do at the moment anyway, so I would say that is most likely what will happen.”
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