Maracuja, the winner of last year's Grade 1 Coaching Club American Oaks, has been retired after suffering a small fracture in her right-front ankle, BloodHorse reports.
The 4-year-old daughter of Honor Code sustained the non-surgical injury in the listed Lady Jacqueline Stakes on June 25 at Thistledown, where she was eased to the wire and vanned off.
Brittney Atras, wife and assistant of trainer Rob Atras, told BloodHorse that Maracuja was taken back to their base at Belmont Park following the Lady Jacqueline, and she is currently walking and jogging sound in hand, but her ownership, partners Beach Haven Thoroughbreds, Medallion Racing, Parkland Thoroughbreds, and Barry Fowler, were given the choice of whether to continue, and decided to retire the filly.
Maracuja retired with three wins in 11 starts for earnings of $588,200. Her breakthrough on the national scene was a runner-up effort in the G3 Gazelle Stakes, which earned her enough qualifying points to make the field for the 2021 Kentucky Oaks, where she finished seventh.
The filly then achieved her career highlight, upsetting top fillies Malathaat and Clairiere in the CCA Oaks as the longest-priced horse in the four-entry field at 14-1.
She continued to race at the graded stakes level for much of her remaining career, but her next and final victory came in an Oaklawn Park allowance race to kick off her 2022 campaign.
Breeding and sale plans for Maracuja were not announced.
Read more at BloodHorse.
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