Twin Derby winner Auguste Rodin is about to retire to stud following a last run within the Japan Cup in November.
The son of Deep Influence is a six-times Group/Grade One winner, touchdown the Futurity Trophy as a juvenile earlier than securing Derby glory at each and Epsom and the Curragh final 12 months.
He subsequently claimed the Irish Champion Stakes and Breeders’ Cup Turf at three earlier than profitable the Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot earlier this summer season.
It’s becoming he’ll return to the nation by which his sire made his identify for his last on-track look earlier than commencing stallion duties for the 2025 season at Coolmore’s base in Eire.
“Auguste Rodin is out of Rhododendron, one of the best Galileo mares, and by Deep Impact, Japan’s best stallion,” stated Aidan O’Brien, who has overseen the colt’s profession.
“He connects two of probably the most highly effective breeding strains on the earth. He has been a pleasure and a privilege to coach.
“He is just a very unique horse and we’re very excited to see what he will achieve at stud. We will be supporting him with our own mares.”
Auguste Rodin has been ridden in all however one in every of his races by Ryan Moore, who added: “He’s been an unbelievable horse for us. We have always thought the world of him. He has everything you’d want.
“He has a lot tempo. He may kill horses for velocity, and he was capable of stretch that out over 12 furlongs. Horses like him are so onerous to seek out. An unimaginable horse.”
Coolmore’s MV Magnier is worked up to see Auguste Rodin be part of the stallion ranks, score him alongside among the perfect sires on the stud.
He stated: “Auguste Rodin is an exceptional racehorse and stallion prospect with the blend of class, speed and pedigree that only the best possess.
“He’s a really particular horse for us, and I actually imagine he ranks up there with one of the best middle-distance racehorses and sires that we’ve got stood right here earlier than him like Sadler’s Wells, Galileo, Montjeu, Caerleon and Camelot.
“Physically he fills the eye so well as he has extra quality and movement so I can’t 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 predecessor’s footsteps.”
