Glorious Days Retired

Glorious Days (Aus) (Hussonet–San Century {NZ}, by Centaine {Aus}), winner of the G1 Longines Hong Kong Mile in 2013 for Tom Brown's Syndicate, has been retired after falling out of love with racing. The 8-year-old was beaten in six races following his Group 1 success two years ago and was sent from John Size's stable in Hong Kong to Ed Walker in Newmarket in an attempt to rekindle the gelding's enthusiasm. However, Glorious Days misbehaved at Kempton on his first run for Walker and new owner Mrs. A. Yap last month. Reluctant to race he unseated his rider shortly after the start. In addition to his Mile victory, the dark bay also won the 2012 G2 Jockey Club Mile and was runner-up in that term's G1 Longines Hong Kong Mile and G1 BMW Champions Mile. Glorious Days retires with a record of 24-8-5-1 and amassed $4,246,334 in prize money.

“We're going to call it a day with him and retire him,” said Walker. “The trainer in Hong Kong, John Size, said the horse had lost his way and his love of the game and that was pretty evident with his behavior at Kempton. He's been looking great and working well, he just hasn't the heart to race anymore. He deserves his retirement. The plan was to bring him over here to freshen him up and maybe he could regain his form and go to Dubai, but if it didn't work out he'd be in a nice place to have a good retirement. We haven't finalized where he will go yet.”