Bob Baffert-trained Nysos Is Retired Following Eight-win Thoroughbred Career

For nan 2nd clip successful arsenic galore weeks, a starring California-based thoroughbred has been retired.

Nysos, who would person been favored successful nan $1-million Pacific Classic later this period astatine Del Mar and was a apical early contender for nan $5-million Breeders’ Cup Classic this fall, won’t title again, Coolmore America announced Monday.

The 5-year-old boy of Nyquist is headed to stallion work adjacent twelvemonth astatine Coolmore’s Ashford Stud successful Versailles, Ky., nan aforesaid workplace wherever Journalism, different equine who was being pointed for those 2 races, was sent past period aft his status because of injury.

In a statement, Coolmore said Nysos is sound and uninjured but “the determination was made pursuing a regular diagnostic information that revealed subtle imaging changes connected a scan.” Trainer Bob Baffert and Nysos’ owners, Baoma Corp. and Coolmore, “unanimously agreed to return a strict precautionary approach, prioritizing nan horse’s semipermanent wellness and information supra each else.”

Said Baffert: “Nysos is not wounded aliases injured, but taking a precautionary attack is strictly astir doing what is correct for nan horse. With nan insignificant changes shown connected nan evaluation, we simply don’t person nan clip needed to hole him for nan Breeders’ Cup nan measurement we would want to. He has fixed america everything and retiring him wholly sound and astatine nan apical of his crippled is nan due decision.”

Nysos retires aft 8 wins and 2 seconds successful 10 life races, pinch net of astir $5.3 million. He was considered a apical imaginable for nan 2024 Kentucky Derby but was injured that wintertime and didn’t title again for 15 months.

He returned successful May 2025 and won 4 of 5 starts past year, including nan Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile astatine Del Mar. This twelvemonth Nysos vanished 2nd to Forever Young successful nan Saudi Cup earlier defeating Journalism successful nan Met Mile successful June astatine Saratoga, which turned retired to beryllium his past race.