Twin Derby winner Auguste Rodin is ready to retire to stud following a remaining 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 time.
It’s becoming he’ll return to the nation through which his sire made his title for his remaining 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 essentially the most highly effective breeding traces 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 all 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 might kill horses for velocity, and he was capable of stretch that out over 12 furlongs. Horses like him are so arduous to search out. An unbelievable horse.”
Coolmore’s MV Magnier is happy to see Auguste Rodin be part of the stallion ranks, ranking 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 really consider he ranks up there with one of the best middle-distance racehorses and sires that we’ve 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.”
