Yeguada Centurion homebred Blue Rose Cen (Ire) (Churchill {Ire}) has been retired from racing, Paris Turf reported on Friday morning. The 4-year-old daughter of multiple group winner Queen Blossom (Ire) (Jeremy) won a quartet of Group 1s, including the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches and Prix de Diane.
Trained through her first 12 starts by Christopher Head, the bay won four of her six appearances at two en route to being named the top filly of her year in France. She landed the G3 Prix d'Aumale and G1 Prix Marcel Boussac in her final starts of 2022. At three, she rattled off victories in the G3 Prix de la Grotte, the French 1000 Guineas, and the French Oaks. Later in the season, Blue Rose Cen was back to her best with a neck victory in the G1 Prix de l'Opera. Switched to trainer Maurizio Guarnieri earlier this year, the filly went winless from five starts in Group 1 company and ended her career with a fifth-place effort in the GI E. P. Taylor Stakes at Woodbine. Her record stands at 17-8-1-0, and $1,734,081 in earnings.
“It is the decision of the filly's owner,” Guarnieri told Paris Turf on Friday morning. “She will therefore go to stud with two other fillies: Icon Cen (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr}) and Sandy Cen (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}). These have just left my stable at the same time as Blue Rose Cen.”
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