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Shadwell Stable’s Daaher, winner of last year’s Cigar Mile Handicap (gr. I) and most recently finished third in Aqueduct’s Stymie Handicap on March 1, has been retired from racing due to “torn and injured ligaments in his right front ankle”. He retires with 4 wins and 2 thirds from 9 starts.
Daaher will enter stud for the 2008 season at Shadwell’s Nashwan Stud, the stallion division of Shadwell Farm, in Lexington, Kentucky.
Shadwell owner Sheikh Hamdan al-Maktoum purchased Daaher for $375,000 at the 2005 Keeneland September yearling sale. The colt went on to earn $455,163 in two seasons and won both the Cigar Mile and the Jerome Handicap (gr. II) last year.
“Daaher has natural speed and was most effective at a mile. He is an outstanding looking horse, and he has a pedigree that completes the package,” said Rick Nichols, vice president and general manager of Shadwell Farm. “We are sad to see Daaher’s racing career cut short, but his career at stud has a tremendous upside.”
Daaher, a 4-year-old Awesome Again-Irish Cherry colt and a full brother to multiple Grade I winner Spun Sugar, will stand for $30,000 live foal.
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