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Darley stallions Night Of Thunder, Sepoy, Rio De La Plata, Dubawi, Shamardal, Authorized and the newly retired (from stud duty) Cape Cross.

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Shamardal at Darley’s European operation.

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Not only has Sheikh Hamdan's super filly Taghrooda been retired from racing today, 13 October 2014, the sheikh's Mukhadram has been retired as well.

Mukhadram’s final race was to be the Champion Stakes at Ascot on 18 October, but “it became apparent the ground would be too soft for him to contest his end of season target …” Read more here.

"Mukhadram's retired too. It's too wet at Ascot, but he's been a tough, consistent performer and he's a fine, big, good-looking horse so we hope he'll appeal to breeders," said the sheikh's racing manager Angus Gold.

While Taghrooda will join her owner’s broodmare band, Mukhadram will be retired to his owner's Shadwell Stud.

The William Haggas-trained son of Shamardal and Magic Tree, foaled on 6 April 2009, is the winner of five races from 16 starts, including the 2012 Wood Ditton Stakes, 2013 Brigadier Gerard Stakes and this year’s Coral-Eclipse Stakes. He ran second in the 2013 Prince Of Wales’s Stakes behind Al Kazeem, third in the 2013 Coral-Eclipse also behind Al Kazeem, second to African Story in the 2014 Dubai World Cup and third behind Taghrooda in the King George VI and Queen Elizabets Stakes. He won £1,968,250 in pricemoney.

Happy and long retirement, my boy. <3

Photo: www.racehorsephotos.co.uk Mukhadram at Ascot after the King George at Ascot, 26 July 2014