Princess of Sylmar retired

Elmont, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – Stakes winning 4-year-old filly Princess of Sylmar has been retired from racing. The announcement was made on the filly’s Facebook page Friday by her owner King of Prussia Stable.

“Princess of Sylmar, the popular Pennsylvania bred four year old Majestic Warrior filly bred and owned by King of Prussia Stable was retired from racing today.”

Trained by Todd Pletcher, Princess of Sylmar finished second to Beholder in the 2013 Eclipse Award voting for champion 3-year-old filly.

“The Princess went on a historic run last year, winning four consecutive Grade One races, including the Kentucky Oaks, Coaching Club of America Oaks, Alabama and Beldame,” the announcement said.

Princess of Sylmar had a more difficult 2014 season with just one win in four starts. After winning a minor stakes at Aqueduct in April she finished second in the Ogden Phipps Stakes behind Close Hatches and in the Delaware Handicap to Belle Gallantey. Here final race was the Personal Ensign at Saratoga in which she was fifth to Close Hatches.

“Preparing her for her next race was taking longer than I expected. Because she will miss this year’s running of the Beldame and the Spinster, Ed (Stanco) and I decided that timing is such that we decided to retire her,” Pletcher said in the release.

The 4-year-old filly, bred in Pennsylvania by her owner, has won nine of 15 career starts and banked $2,017,220.

“We were with her from birth and watched her grow up to be one of the finest fillies in the world. Now she will enter the next phase of her life,” Ed Stanco, managing partner of King of Prussia Stable, commented, “The Princess was a blessing beyond once in a lifetime and she has provided our partners, families, friends and racing fans with unparalleled joy. My partners and I want to personally thank Joe Brocklebank our trusted advisor, Ron and Betsy Houghton who raised the Princess, Mike Smith, Javier Castellano and of course Todd and his team for using their skills to develop her into a classic filly. We also want to thank the connections of Beholder, Royal Delta and Close Hatches, because without them we wouldn’t have had the world class competition that made racing the Princess so much fun.”

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