duke duke march retired active best known winning consecutive group races named retirement end racing season stood stallion stud moved stud farms ireland australia practice known july sold relocated south_africa currently stands duke owned racing career winning races year old june win spring year old season months later period regarded little celebrated stable companions final year racing recorded wins prince wales stakes queen retired october running duke european classic winners sound freedom background duke bay horse standing hands high bred ireland division owners stud organisation duke weighed racing career trained duke crop successful years producing winners thousand races including level best offspring george_washington love true half sister winter hill stakes madison charm stakes bite bullet granddaughter closely related duke derived title created member new nobility following revolution previously italian won racing career year old season duke began career races summer june debut maiden race ridden starting odds favourite field early stages making progress finish second chanting days later reappeared maiden race seven favourite approximately stayed record win beating neck approximately quarter length duke moved directly group class sent england vintage stakes july opponents included july stakes winner ridden raced leaders moved forward challenge leaders straight ground steadily unable reach finished second beaten neck run duke supported betting following year shortly race suffered injury required surgery result race year old season duke record victory starts fourth ran exclusively group races multiple entry team instead running trial race duke sent straight field runners split groups wide course duke tracked leaders stands group staying finish fourth rebel having returned absence months expected improve run later month finished fourth rebel irish duke showed improved form james tried lead way inside final caught beaten neck stable companion excellent art brien trained runner fifth months later duke moved distance took older horses time international stakes york ran best form highly competitive race finish fourth derby winner authorized duke raced stable companion irish champion stakes september led straight overtaken chance winner stayed second ahead notable winners brien pleased run said duke improving final start year brought mile queen led quarter mile setting strong pace finishing excellent art winter discovered metal pin repair previous injury causing horse discomfort restricting movement pin removed allowing duke run free pain year old year old season spring year old duke notable run success winning races races ridden usually accompanied april sent group prix raced spirit making challenge straight running strongly pressure beat half length major win win kind months race brien called duke horse look forward month later justified odds driven beat quarter lengths summer prince wales stakes produced trainer considered best performance date taking straight stormed clear win lengths phoenix tower guardian called brilliant victory described best ridden stepped britain prestigious weight age race queen favourite year old field race appear usual standard main opponent expected finished second race prix recently won grand prix saint cloud duke settled middle field switched outside straight overtaking entering final immediately challenged headed rallied regain lead close finish win half length keen praise horse speed attitude saying makes real champion looked horse eye ate ground win duke brought distance half race attracted winner meeting champions anticipated press clash bad ground conditions forced race abandoned rescheduled days later duke took lead driven beat quarters length pulled hard failed settle early stages half lengths strong constitution singled praise press referring iron duke brien later found guilty unfair tactics race punished allowed considered unfair provide additional assistance instance horse ensure clear run stable companion brien defended calling charges fantasy load nonsense autumn expected duke meet irish champion stakes september following heavy rain build race brien withdrew saying don want subject soft ground rest year mind duke appear prix arc october second favourite despite brien expressing concern soft ground settled outside attempted forward straight progress finished seventh sixteen runners final start sent california breeders cup classic racing synthetic track time ran place distance briefly headed field turning straight faded closing stages finish ninth runners raven pass brien characterised performance end long hard season duke retirement announced immediately race record assessment honours awards november duke named racing awards world rankings duke assessed mark placing outside world thirty horses rankings rated fifth best horse world mark duke given end year rating rating regarded mark real stud career retired racing end stood stallion stud shuttle main base county ireland breeding season australian stud farm new south wales breeding season born relocated south_africa south african born offspring included group winners prix winners big memory italian winner sound freedom november named 25th edition racing awards pedigree like offspring duke mare means occurs twice fourth generation pedigree dam raise native
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