{"id":9876,"date":"2024-09-27T14:43:18","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T14:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=9876"},"modified":"2024-09-27T14:43:18","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T14:43:18","slug":"auguste-rodin-will-retire-to-stud-after-japan-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/auguste-rodin-will-retire-to-stud-after-japan-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Auguste Rodin Will Retire To Stud After Japan Cup Bid In November"},"content":{"rendered":"

The six-time Group One winner Auguste Rodin will head heading off to the Coolmore Stud later this year – but before that Aidan O’Brien’s 2023 Epsom Derby winner will be trying to win one more race – The Japan Cup.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Auguste Rodin To Retire After Final Race In Japan Cup<\/h2>\n

Having raced fiftteen times in his career, the connections of Auguste Rodin<\/strong> have said he’ll have just one more race before heading off to the famous Coolmore Stud in Ireland – where the likes of Galileo, Saddler’s Wells and Camelot have stood over the years.<\/p>\n

His last horse racing<\/a> contest will be the Japan Cup<\/strong> in Tokyo on November 24th and being a Japanese-bred Deep Impact colt, Auguste Rodin will be trying to do his sire proud in the Far East in his swansong outing.<\/p>\n

Having raced in the UK many times, that saw him win the 2023 Epsom Derby, plus running in Dubai and also landing the Breeders’ Cup Turf in the US last season, the horse is no stranger to globetrotting around the world.<\/p>\n

Auguste Rodin will be trying to win a seventh Group One race in the Japan Cup.<\/p>\n

With his last success at the highest level coming just three runs ago in the G1 Prince Of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot in June.<\/p>\n

It’s not known how much Auguste Rodin will stand for at the Coolmore Stud, but he needs just \u00a326,630 in prize money to break through the \u00a35 million career earnings mark.<\/p>\n

Coolmore’s MV Magnier told the Racing Post<\/strong><\/h4>\n

“Auguste Rodin is an exceptional racehorse and stallion prospect, with the blend of class, speed and pedigree that only the best possess. He is a very special horse for us, and I truly believe he ranks up there with the best middle-distance racehorses and sires that we have stood here before him, like Sadler\u2019s Wells, Galileo, Montjeu, Caerleon and Camelot.<\/em><\/p>\n

“Physically, he fills the eye so well as he has extra quality and movement, so I can\u2019t wait to see his first crop in Ballydoyle in 2028. We are going to do all we can to give him the best possible opportunity to follow in his illustrious predecessors’ footsteps.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Trainer Aidan O’Brien will be looking for his first win in the Japan Cup – but jockey Ryan Moore has ridden the winner twice before.<\/p>\n

Moore, who has ridden Auguste Rodin in 14 of his 15 starts said “He’s been an unbelievable horse for us. We have always thought the world of him. He has everything you\u2019d want and has so much pace. He could kill horses for speed, and he was able to stretch that out over 12 furlongs. Horses like him are so hard to find. An incredible horse.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Last year’s Japan Cup winner Equinox also bowed out to stud after taking the race (watch below).<\/p>\n

Auguste Rodin Last Seen Running Second In The Irish Champion Stakes<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Horse racing fans last saw Auguste Rodin in action when running a neck second to the William Haggas-trained Economics in the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown on 14th September (watch below) – a race he’d won in 2023.<\/p>\n