Godolphin champion Pinatubo retired to Dalham Hall Stud

Pinatubo, the European champion 2-year-old male of 2019, has been retired and will be sent to stud in England in 2021, according to a statement released Friday by Godolphin Racing.

Pinatubo, who was trained by Charlie Appleby, won 7 of 10 starts and was unbeaten in six races in 2019, including a nine-length win in the Group 1 National Stakes at seven furlongs at the Curragh in Ireland last September, and a two-length win in the Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes at the same distance at Newmarket Racecourse in England last October.

By the late stallion Shamardal, Pinatubo will stand at Dalham Hall Stud in Newmarket, England.

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This year, Pinatubo had four starts, all in Group 1 races. Pinatubo was third as the odds-on favorite in the English 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on June 6 and second two weeks later in the St. James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Pinatubo’s lone win this year occurred in the Prix Jean Prat for 3-year-olds at a mile at Deauville Racecourse in France in July. He was second in his debut against older horses in the Prix du Moulin de Longchamp at a mile in Paris on Sept. 6, losing by 1 3/4 lengths to Persian King.

Pinatubo is out of Lava Flow, a 10-year-old mare by Dalakahani. Lava Flow was a listed stakes at 1 3/8 miles at Longchamp Racecourse in 2013, the highlight of a seven-race career.