Retirement under consideration for Vroum Vroum Mag Leading owner Rich Ricci is leaning towards retiring his brilliant racemare Vroum Vroum Mag. The Willie Mullins-trained nine-year-old has won 14 of her 21 starts under rules, enjoying top-level triumphs in the Mares' Hurdle at Cheltenham, the Punchestown Champion Hurdle and the Christmas Hurdle at Leopardstown in 2016. However, she has not been seen in competitive action since finishing outside the first three for the first time when bidding for a second Punchestown Champion Hurdle success last April and Ricci does not want to jeopardise her future career as a broodmare. He said: " She is still in training. She got hurt last year at Punchestown and she has been off for a while. "She is nine and we keep talking about whether we should run her or put her in foal and retire her. I'm in two minds and we will probably just keep her on the go and see what happens. "If the Mares' Hurdle was to shake up and a few fell away we might consider it, but at the moment I'm leaning towards retiring her. "She's been very good for us. She is a very well-bred National Hunt mare and she will make a very good broodmare. "I've not spoken to the vet about it, but I want to make sure that anything we do won't jeopardise that side of her career. We will make a decision in the next four to six weeks."
