Mighty Heart, Canada's Horse of the Year in 2020 and 2021, has been retired from racing, and he will debut at stud in 2024, with long-term plans on where he'll stand to be determined later, Canadian Thoroughbred reports.
The 6-year-old son of Dramedy retired with seven wins in 25 starts for earnings of $1,139,221, racing as a homebred for Lawrence Cordes and trained by Josie Carroll Patrick County Jr.
Mighty Heart currently resides at Ballycroy Bloodstock in Loretto, Ontario, while plans are made for his debut at stud.
Racing with just one eye after a paddock injury as a foal, Mighty Heart rose to prominence after winning the first two legs of the 2020 Canadian Triple Crown – the Queen's Plate at Woodbine and the Prince of Wales Stakes at Fort Erie – in his first two career stakes starts. He fell short in his Triple Crown bid in the Breeders' Stakes at Woodbine, but the effort was enough to earn Mighty Heart his first Canadian Horse of the Year title.
Mighty Heart followed up in 2021 with a victory in the Blame Stakes at Churchill Downs, when he returned to Woodbine to take the Grade 3 Dominion Day Stakes. He also won the G2 Autumn Stakes at Woodbine to clinch his second Sovereign Award for Canadian Horse of the Year.
Mighty Heart's racing journey was the subject of the book “Run With a Mighty Heart” by Jennifer Morrison.
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