From an emotional standpoint, it is by no means simple for an proprietor when a star Thoroughbred heads to the breeding shed.
However for Michael Lund Petersen, the announcement that his three-time grade 1-winning 5-year-old mare Adare Manor has been retired included some solace in figuring out he loved one thing particular throughout her 4 years of racing.
“I want all of my horses ran like her,” Petersen stated. “She’s been a dream. What a horse she is and such unbelievable outcomes. It is wonderful. She can be the sweetest horse you’ll ever be round. I’m a really proud proprietor.”
A winner of 10 of 18 begins with 5 seconds for Corridor of Fame coach Bob Baffert, Petersen stated the choice to retire the $2-million incomes daughter of Uncle Mo was primarily based on Baffert’s perception that she wouldn’t be prepared for the Nov. 2 Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) at Del Mar.
“We did not need to jeopardize the identify she made for herself if Bob could not get her again in form for the Breeders’ Cup,” Petersen stated. “We’d have beloved to run her. She’s 100% wholesome.”
So, as an alternative of operating on the World Championships, Adare Manor might be offered Nov. 4 on the Fasig-Tipton November Sale. Petersen stated he had little interest in retaining a share of her breeding rights or racing her subsequent 12 months.
“I do not need to cope with that finish of the enterprise,” Petersen stated about the potential of breeding her. “I do know nothing about it. I’ll let people who find themselves good at what they’re doing deal with that.”
Michael Lund Petersen
Adare Manor gained three of her 4 2024 begins, together with consecutive wins within the Aug. 3 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (G1), which was her final race, Santa Margarita Stakes (G2), and Apple Blossom Stakes (G1). She was second within the Beholder Mile Stakes (G1) to begin the 12 months and charges as a high contender for the Eclipse Award for Excellent Older Grime Feminine relying on what occurs within the upcoming Distaff.
In her profession, she gained eight stakes, together with the grade 1 Hirsch twice. She was bred by City & Nation Horse Farms and Gary Broad out of the Large Gizmo mare Brooklynsway.
Adare Manor was purchased by bloodstock agent Donato Lanni for $375,000 from the Julie Davies consignment on the 2021 OBS June 2-Yr-Olds and Horses of Racing Age Sale.
