Former Preakness Stakes Winner Journalism Is Retired

Six days aft winning his first title successful astir a year, nan aggregate Grade 1-stakes-winning colt Journalism has been retired.

Coolmore America and Journalism’s ownership group connected Friday announced nan 4-year-old boy of Curlin sustained an wounded astatine nan commencement of Saturday’s San Diego Handicap astatine Del Mar. The quality of nan wounded was not revealed.

Journalism collapsed slow successful nan title erstwhile he moved guardant conscionable earlier nan gross opened, past deed nan broadside of nan stall. He spotted nan section respective lengths but rallied to capture nan 1 1/16-mile race for his first triumph successful 5 starts since winning nan Haskell Stakes past July astatine Monmouth Park.

In summation to nan Haskell, Journalism earned Grade 1 wins successful nan Preakness Stakes and Santa Anita Derby and was 2nd successful nan Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes and Pacific Classic. The San Diego was his 3rd Grade 2 win, on pinch nan Los Alamitos Futurity and San Felipe Stakes.

He retires pinch 7 wins, 3 seconds and 3 thirds from 14 starts, pinch net of $4,770,755.

Michael McCarthy trained Journalism for an ownership group headed by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, which paid $825,000 for him arsenic a yearling. The colt already was scheduled to statesman stallion work adjacent twelvemonth astatine Coolmore’s Ashford Farm successful Versailles, Ky.

“What Journalism did astatine Del Mar was nan people of a existent champion,” McCarthy said successful nan news release. “To suffer an wounded successful nan gate, springiness distant that overmuch ground, and still triumph purely connected bosom and people tells you everything you request to cognize astir him. He owes america perfectly nothing. While it’s reliable to spot his racing profession extremity this way, protecting him is our apical priority, and he goes to stud astatine nan apical of his game.”