Last year's champion juvenile filly Wonder Wheel has officially been retired from racing, the Thoroughbred Daily News reported on Friday. The 3-year-old daughter of Into Mischief will be pointed to the Fasig-Tipton November sale.
Trained by Mark Casse for D. J. Stable, Wonder Wheel captured last year's G1 Alcibiades and G1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies to clinch the Eclipse Award. This year, however, the filly has not been able to find the winner's circle in four starts. In her most recent outing on July 1, Wonder Wheel finished eighth in the G3 Selene Stakes at Woodbine.
“Wonder Wheel has been battling a couple of minor issues since her 2-year-old year,” Jon Green, the general manager of D. J. Stable, told the TDN. “She had bone bruising and a minor ankle injury. We gave her some time off and did a little procedure on her ankle to take care of a flake. Unfortunately, because she is a 17-hand beast, she continued to have some bone bruising and the same ankle has been an issue. This week, we decided that because she would need some time before we could run her again that we'd pull the plug on her racing career. She's been so valuable to us as a race horse. She's a champion and a two-time Grade 1 winner. She's too valuable a horse to continue to run her when she's not 100 percent.”
Wonder Wheel retires with a record of four wins and two seconds from nine starts, earning a total of $1,591,857.
The filly was bred by Clearsky Farms and Three Chimneys out of the multiple Grade 1-placed Tiz Wonderful mare Wonder Gal. She commanded $275,000 as a yearling at the Keeneland September sale.
Read more at the Thoroughbred Daily News.
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