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KnightsThe undefeated Group 1 winner was retired from racing and Hill and Dale Farm bought a majority curiosity within the mare as a possible broodmare.
Speedway Stables, run by jockeys Peter Fluor and KC Weiner, introduced his retirement on Thursday. Bob Baffert educated Cavalieri all through his profession.
Nyquist’s 5-year-old daughter final raced on Sept. 28 when she gained the Zenyatta Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita. She was thought of the frontrunner for the Breeders’ Cup Distaff, however missed the race as a consequence of a minor harm, the character of which was not disclosed. She hadn’t logged a printed exercise since earlier than Zenyatta’s win.
Cavalieri retires with an ideal document of 5:5-0-0 and lifelong earnings of $438,000.
She broke her debut maiden at Del Mar after which rose by way of the ranks as a four-year-old horse. Her first stakes victory got here within the La Cañada Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita, which culminated two months later within the Beholder Mile (G1) on the similar monitor.
John Sikura of Hill and Dale acquired a majority curiosity and Speedway Stables retained a share in her breeding profession. The breeding program is anticipated to be accomplished quickly.
Bred in Kentucky by Alastor Thoroughbred Co., Cavalieri is out of the stakes-runner Stephen Received Even mare Stiffed and is a half-sister to G2 winner Affirmative Woman. The horse was bought as a yearling on the 2022 Keeneland September Sale for $170,000, then bought as a 2-year-old on the 2023 OBS Spring Sale for $900,000, and simply coated 400 meters in 20 minutes 2/5 seconds on the Undertack Present at Ciaran Dunn’s Wavertree Stables.
