Overview
- Juddmonte announced the retirement on Sunday, July 5, saying Field Of Gold will be prepared for a stud career rather than a return to elite racing this season.
- The four-year-old was withdrawn after his only 2026 run in April's bet365 Mile at Sandown when bleeding led to a diagnosis of a low‑grade bacterial lung infection.
- Field Of Gold won last year’s Irish 2,000 Guineas and the St James’s Palace Stakes and finished his career with five wins from 11 starts and just under £1 million in prize money.
- Trainers John and Thady Gosden praised his speed, action and temperament, and Juddmonte said the decision balanced his health and immediate commercial value as a stallion.
- He is expected to stand at Juddmonte, reportedly alongside his sire Kingman, a move that makes him commercially attractive to breeders and removes a leading miler from the 2026 racing pool.