Santa Anita
Venerable gelding Royal F J retired at 10
Shigeki Kikkawa Royal F J has won nine races and has finished in the money 45 times among his 99 starts.
ARCADIA, Calif. – The 10-year-old gelding Royal F J has run his last race.
On Thursday at Santa Anita, Royal F J finished seventh in a $6,250 claimer as a 4-1 shot, beaten 9 1/2 lengths. He won 9 of 102 starts and earned $568,150 in a career that began with trainer Jack Carava at Santa Anita in 2009. Carava was Royal F J’s final trainer.
“I always said if he ran a bad race without an excuse, that would be it,” Carava said Friday. “He didn’t fire.
“I’ve got several offers to give him a good home. He’s a cool horse.”
Carava trained Royal F J for 92 starts for a variety of owners. Royal F J was claimed for $8,000 last October by a partnership that includes Chris Curtis, Howard and Janet Siegel, and Carava.
