Mylady Curlin goes to breeding shed

Mylady Curlin, runner-up in the Grade 2 Azeri on March 14 at Oaklawn, has been retired, trainer Brad Cox said Monday. She has been sent to a farm in Lexington, Ky.

Cox said Mylady Curlin came out of a March 29 work with a physical setback and the decision was made to retire the mare, who has won four stakes races led by the Grade 2 Falls City Handicap last November at Churchill Downs.

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“We always thought a lot of her,” Cox said. “She was able to knock out a Grade 2 and a Grade 3, and we were looking forward to running in the Apple Blossom.

“Hopefully her babies can be as consistent and honest and talented as she was.”

Mylady Curlin, a 5-year-old by Curlin, won 8 of 17 starts, all for her breeder, Sather Family. She retires with earnings $805,863.

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◗ Grade 1 winner Knicks Go is getting some time off after a setback, Cox said. “He’ll go to the farm for a couple of months and come back this summer,” he said.

Knicks Go last raced Feb. 22, winning an Oaklawn allowance by more than seven lengths and earning a Beyer Speed Figure of 100.

◗ Night Ops, winner of the Essex at Oaklawn, is being pointed to the Grade 2, $600,000 Oaklawn Handicap on May 2, Cox said.

◗ The juvenile filly champion British Idiom is on deck for the Grade 3, $400,000 Fantasy on May 1 at Oaklawn, Cox said. She has been working at Oaklawn.