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Hoppertunity settling into retirement.

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Hoppertunity has officially been retired and will enter stud at in Pennsylvania

He earned more than $4.7million after racing for 5 years at the highest level and making 34 starts. His biggest wins came in the 2014 G1 Clark, and the 2016 G1 Jockey Club Gold Cup and he won at least 1 graded stakes each year that he ran.

Racing just won’t be the same without the old war horse.

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Multiple Grade 1 winner and multimillionaire Hoppertunity will enter stud in 2019 at Northview PA in Peach Bottom, Pa. With career earnings of $4,712,625, the 7-year-old becomes the richest horse ever to stand his first season in the Mid-Atlantic region. His stud fee is $5,000 live foal, with shares and lifetime breeding rights being offered. …

Well that didn’t take long.

“ Trainer Bob Baffert, who said Thursday morning the 7-year-old son of Any Given Saturday was not retired and still in training, confirmed Thursday afternoon the bay was indeed retired. The trainer said Hoppertunity was under consideration for the Nov. 2 Marathon Stakes (G2) on the Breeders' Cup undercard, but those plans were abandoned for the stud deal “

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