While Frankel colt Benvenuto Cellini is set to race on for the Coolmore partners in 2027 following his G1 BC Turf victory, Darley have retired G1 BC Classic winner Sovereignty with his fee set at US$175,000.
G1 Pacific Classic winner Knightsbridge, who as third in the BC Classic has also been retired to Darley USA at a fee of US$75,000.
Sovereignty, the 2025 Horse of the Year and Eclipse Champion Three-Year-Old Colt, won the Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes, and Travers at three, and added the G1 Whitney this year before capping off his stellar career on Saturday with an impressive victory in the G1 Breeders' Cup Classic.
He is the only horse ever to win the Kentucky Derby, Travers, and Breeders' Cup Classic, and he joins Street Sense as the only Kentucky Derby winners to take the Travers in the past 30 years.
In addition to his five G1 victories, he also won the G3 Street Sense at two and the G2 Fountain of Youth and G2 Jim Dandy at three. The fastest son of Into Mischief, he earned a 115 Beyer for his spectacular 10-length victory in the Travers and a 112 Beyer in the Whitney. He retires with earnings of over $10.5 million.
Knightsbridge, a five-time Graded Stakes winner, was an impressive third in Saturday's G1 Breeders' Cup Classic after setting the pace. His victories include the G1 Pacific Classic by six lengths, a 10-length victory in the G3 Monmouth Cup earning a 122 Beyer, and an 11-length win in the G3 Gulfstream Park Mile earning a 112 Beyer.
The fastest son of Nyquist, his 122 Beyer Speed Figure is the best figure since Flightline. A half-brother to exciting freshman sire Speaker's Corner, Knightsbridge is out of the Bernardini mare Tyburn Brook, a daughter of G1 Breeders' Cup Distaff and G1 Acorn winner Round Pond. He retires with earnings of over $2.1 million.
For the first time ever, Darley will offer a lifetime breeding right in each stallion at Fasig-Tipton's Night of the Stars Sale on Monday night in Lexington.
