Golden Mile set to join Darley stallion roster at Northwood Park
Golden Mile, an unbeaten juvenile who went on to Group 1 Caulfield Guineas glory at three and a weight-for-age winner at four, has been retired from racing and joins the Darley stallion roster of Northwood Park alongside Group 1 Newmarket winner Cylinder.
The four-year-old bows out fit, sound and as Australia’s highest earning first-season stallion this season with prize money totalling an impressive $4,350,450.
Following Golden Mile’s Group 1 Caulfield Guineas victory, Godolphin Australia’s head trainer James Cummings and Champion jockey James McDonald were effusive in their praise of the talented horse’s performance.
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“The horse emerged to win his debut… he just hasn’t stopped running slashing races in Sydney with a Caulfield Guineas written all over him,” said Cummings.
“He was great. He had a great turn of foot, the horse, and that’s what won him the race today,” said McDonald.
Golden Mile retires from racing as a four-time Group winner complemented by an enviable pedigree being a son of Godolphin’s Group 1 Golden Rose-winning sire Astern out of the Gimcrack Stakes-winning Lonhro mare Calaverite.