European champion 2-year-old and also a top contender for European champion 3-year-old this year, City of Troy will retire to Coolmore’s base in Fethard following his final start in the Breeders’ Cup Classic.
Trainer Aidan O’Brien has always been in awe of the son of Justify. “He’s definitely the best we’ve ever trained, no doubt about it,” said O’Brien.
“Everything he’s done from the start has suggested that. He’s the most amazing horse with a fantastic temperament and an incredible stride. He just never seems to tire and is really only getting going at the end of his races so Ryan has often had a job to pull him up. We still don’t really know how much more there is under the bonnet. I think he’ll make into an unbelievable stallion.”
City of Troy boasts a pedigree to match his looks and race record being by Justify out of Galileo’s 2-year-old Fillies’ Mile (G1) winner Together Forever, herself a sister to Epsom Oaks (G1) winner Forever Together. A fee for City of Troy will be announced at a later date.
