Oxx retires Sea The Stars John Oxx's multiple Group 1 winner Sea The Stars has been retired to stud. The brilliant colt will not be afforded the opportunity to shine at next month's Breeders' Cup meeting in California after Oxx confirmed this afternoon to RTÉ Sport that the all-conquering colt had run his last race. The handler had hinted that a trip to Santa Anita for the Breeders' Cup Classic on 7 November was unlikely after an arduous season. The son of Cape Cross has proven unbeatable this year over trips ranging from a mile to a mile-and-a-half. His six-race Group 1 haul kicked off with victory in the Stan James 2000 Guineas at the start of May. It culminated in an emphatic victory in the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp earlier this month, where Sea The Stars emulated his mother, Urban Sea, in claiming Europe's most prestigious middle-distance race. That gave way to an outpouring of public emotion and resulted in scenes rarely witnessed at a Flat meeting. Along the way, the three-year-old took in the Epsom Derby, the Eclipse, the International and the Irish Champion Stakes to secure his place in the pantheon of racing greats. The three-year-old lost just one of his nine races during his two years on the track - in which he amassed nearly £4.5million in prize money - and that was his racecourse debut at the Curragh where he finished a close-up fourth.
