Sharing, Breeders' Cup royalty, retires with injury

Sharing, whose biggest win came in the 2019 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, has been retired from racing. The 4-year-old suffered an injury in her paddock during a spell between racing seasons, co-owner Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners said in a release on Tuesday.

"We had designs on a blockbuster campaign this coming season," Eclipse president Aron Wellman said. "We're devastated we won't be able to enjoy her racing anymore, but she is destined to produce special foals for many years to come."

Sharing, trained by Graham Motion for Eclipse and Gainesway Farm, concludes her career with a record of 9-5-1-2 and earnings of $1,092,751. After a maiden win in her second start at Saratoga and a score in the Selima Stakes at Laurel Park, the Speightstown filly traveled across the country for the 2019 Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita. She won the Juvenile Fillies Turf by 1 1/4 lengths over favored Daahyeh. In the process, she emulated her dam, 2010 Filly and Mare Turf winner Shared Account, with a Breeders' Cup victory.

Sharing's 2020 debut was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic that disrupted spring racing schedules, among other factors. She won the Tepin Stakes in May at Churchill Downs, then traveled to the renowned Royal Ascot meeting, where she finished a creditable second in the Group 1 Coronation Stakes. In her first start back stateside, Sharing won the Grade 2 Edgewood Stakes in September at Churchill Downs. She concluded the season -- and, ultimately, her career -- with two more trips to California, finishing fourth in the Grade 1 Matriarch Stakes at Del Mar and third in the Grade 1 American Oaks at Santa Anita.

"Sharing was a special filly in every sense of the word," Wellman said. "She was bred to be special, being by a Breeders' Cup winner and out of a Breeders' Cup winner. Even her dam's sire was a Breeders' Cup winner. She was special when we bought her as a yearling, and she trained like she was special from the moment she had a saddle put on her at Stonestreet Farm. When Graham got her, she exhibited special ability and she proved it with a championship win as a 2 year-old. Sharing battled through foot issues all throughout her 3 year-old season, but still managed to win major races, travel the country, and represent our partnership at Royal Ascot with a brilliant second in a Group 1. ... In less than 10 years, Eclipse has won 16 Grade 1s, but Sharing is unequivocally our best to date. She is as classy as they come."

Breeding plans for Sharing have not yet been announced.