Al Kazeem Retired From Racing

Four-time Group 1 winner Al Kazeem (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) has been retired from racing after sustaining a suspensory tendon injury following his win in the G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup at the Curragh in May. Roger Charlton confirmed on his website on Tuesday that although John Deer’s homebred is perfectly sound and is in exercise, the decision has been made to call time on the 7-year-old’s racing career for the second time.

Paying tribute to one of the most successful horses he has trained, Charlton said,”Al Kazeem has been a pleasure to train from start to finish and he has had a remarkable career. His owner John Deer has taken the decision to retire his superstar, due to a suspensory branch injury, and I also believe that this is in the best interest of the horse.”

Initially retired from racing in 2013 following a stellar season that saw him bag a Group 1 treble in the Tattersalls Gold Cup, Prince of Wales’s S. and the Eclipse S., Al Kazeem subsequently proved subfertile at stud, only siring a small number of foals, which led him to being returned to Beckhampton. Charlton considers his ability to bring the horse back at a level closest to his best as “being the greatest training feat of my career.”

Al Kazeem will now attempt to re-establish his stallion career at his owner’s Oakgrove Stud.