Stakes winner Texas Wedge retired

DEL MAR, Calif. – Texas Wedge, a former $50,000 claimer who won two stakes and earned $484,615, has been retired, trainer Peter Miller said over the weekend.

The decision was made after the 7-year-old Texas Wedge finished last of eight in a $25,000 claimer on turf last Thursday at Del Mar.

“We’re going to call it a day,” Miller said. “He’s been good to us. He’s been with us for five years.”

Miller said the decision was made after Texas Wedge was found to have an entrapped epiglottis after his loss.

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Texas Wedge won 6 of 27 starts. His most prestigious win was the Grade 2 Joe Hernandez Stakes on turf at Santa Anita in January 2020. A few months later, Texas Wedge was sent to Dubai for a turf sprint on the Dubai World Cup program, but the program was canceled because of the pandemic.

Later that year, Texas Wedge finished 11th of 14 in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint at Keeneland.

Texas Wedge raced for Miller, Rafter JR Ranch, STD Racing Stable, and Andrew Miller.

Peter Miller said Texas Wedge will be retrained for a second career.

“He could be repurposed as a trail horse or a kids’ horse,” Miller said.