Report: Dual Grade I WInner Kopion Retired

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Spendthrift Farm's Kopion (Omaha Beach–Galloping Ami, by Victory Gallop), who posted three Beyer Speed Figures in excess of 107 in a season which included a blowout victory in the GI Derby City Distaff Stakes, has been retired, according to a report from the Daily Racing Form.

Bred by Ivan Dalos's Tall Oaks Farm, Kopion was a $270,000 Keeneland September yearling and won a pair of stakes over seven furlongs at three, a 5 3/4-length success in the GIII Santa Ynez Stakes and a 2 3/4-length score at odds of 37-1 in the GI La Brea Stakes.

After defeating Hope Road (Quality Road) in the GII Santa Monica Stakes in February, good for a 110 Beyer, she repeated the dose in the Derby City Distaff, scoring by three lengths and earning a 109 Beyer Speed Figure. Runner-up in the GII Great Lady M. Stakes in July, she rounded out the exacta in the GI Clement L. Hirsch Stakes behind Seismic Beauty (Uncle Mo) (107 Beyer). She was last seen finishing fifth against the boys in the GI Breeders' Cup Sprint Nov. 1.

“She came out of the race fine, but they're going to breed her,” trainer Richard Mandella told DRF.

Mandella told the Form that Kopion would ship to Santa Anita from Del Mar on Sunday before flying to Kentucky on Tuesday.

A half-sister to Sovereign Award winner Amis Gizmo (Giant Gizmo), GSW Ami's Flatter (Flatter) and SW Aragorn Ami (Aragorn {Ire}), Kopion retires with a record of 5-3-0 from 10 starts and earnings of $1,204,700.

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