Chief Stipe Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Injury forces Probabeel into shock retirement Jockey Brett Prebble riding Probabeel to victory at Caulfield last Saturday in what turned out to be her final start. Picture: Getty Images By Brad Waters05:11pm • 16 February 2022 7 Kiwi star Probabeel has run her last race. Trainer Jamie Richards and owners Brendan and Jo Lindsay decided to retire the glamour mare after vets found she had a suspensory ligament injury. Probabeel won 13 of her 29 starts. The five-year-old resumed with a determined win under 60kg in last Saturday’s Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes at Caulfield in what turned out to be her last race. Probabeel won four Group 1 races, all in Australia, earning more than $4.3m in stakes. Probabeel winning the Group 1 Futurity Stakes in 2021. Picture: Getty Images The daughter of Savabeel notched her maiden Group 1 win in the 2020 Surround Stakes (1400m) at Randwick before she won the Epsom Handicap (1600m) later that year. Probabeel’s last two Group 1 wins were in Melbourne. She claimed last year’s Futurity Stakes (1400m) in the autumn before winning the Might And Power (2000m) at Caulfield. Probabeel’s Group 1 record could be even better with any luck as she was narrowly beaten in the 2020 Vinery Stud Stakes at Rosehill and last year’s Queen Of The Turf at Randwick. The Lindsays, who operate the famous NZ breeding operation Cambridge Stud, will decide on her first stud mating over the next few months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chief Stipe Posted February 17, 2022 Author Share Posted February 17, 2022 Prebble pays tribute to Probabeel Edward Sadler@edward_sadler 17 February, 2022 Brett Prebble aboard Probabeel (Image: Racing Photos) A week is a long time in racing. Last weekend, Brett Prebble guided Probabeel to a thrilling first up win in the Group 3 Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes at Caulfield, with the rest of the autumn to look forward to. But on Wednesday he received the 'heart-wrenching' news that the mare, who he also won last year's G1 Might And Power Stakes on, had been retired. "It's very hard to find a horse like that," Prebble said. "She was pretty special, what she did from a two-year-old to a five-year-old, she's a very durable mare and a high-class racehorse." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A week is a long time in racing. Last weekend, Brett Prebble guided Probabeel to a thrilling first up win in the Group 3 Geoffrey Bellmaine Stakes at Caulfield, with the rest of the autumn to look forward to. But on Wednesday he received the 'heart-wrenching' news that the mare, who he also won last year's G1 Might And Power Stakes on, had been retired. "It's very hard to find a horse like that," Prebble said. "She was pretty special, what she did from a two-year-old to a five-year-old, she's a very durable mare and a high-class racehorse."
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