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Golden Slipper Winner Calls it a Day

20th Apr 2015

Breednet - Tara Madgwick - Monday, 20 April 2015

Speedy filly Mossfun was the dominant two year-old last season winning won four of her five starts for Team Hawkes highlighted by a brilliant Golden Slipper victory, but below par form this season has seen her retired to stud for owners Emirates Park.

Given a spell immediately after winning the Golden Slipper, Mossfun contracted a virus and was forced to bypass the spring, but managed to return in the autumn of 2015.

She had four starts as a three-year-old, all at Group level, with her best result a second placing in the Group III ATC Birthday Card Quality last month.

"She did her job,” co-trainer Michael Hawkes told Racenet.

"Targeting a Golden Slipper, getting her there on the day and winning it – it doesn’t get any better than that.

"But she just didn’t come back at the level we had hoped. It happens with two-year-olds and the virus she contracted during the spring of last year perhaps took more out of her than any of us realised.

"For an $85,000 yearling she will now to go to stud as a valuable broodmare, a Group I winner, and a Golden Slipper winner.

"It goes to show it can happen, and we will be trying to find another Mossfun this year.”

A daughter of Vinery Stud stalwart Mossman, Mossfun will join the stellar broodmare band at Emirates Park and retires with prizemoney of more than $2.5 million.