Heart to Heart Retired

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Terry Hamilton's multiple Grade I winner Heart to Heart (English Channel–Ask the Question, by Silver Deputy) has been retired at the age of eight. The streaking Brian Lynch trainee, who racked up more than $2 million in earnings and whose highest-level wins came in the 2018 GI Gulfstream Park Turf and GI Maker's 46 Mile, most recently finished seventh in defense of his Maker's 46 title at Keeneland last week.

The bay, who sports a distinctive heart-shaped marking on his head by which he got his name, posted an overall record of 41-15-6-4 including 11 graded stakes victories and two more at the listed level. The Ontario-bred was named Canada's champion 3-year-old colt in 2014, and retires sound.

“I'm very proud of that,” Lynch told the Keeneland press department. The C$25,000 CTHS yearling is currently at Hidden Brook Farm in Paris, KY as he awaits stud plans.

“He was a joy to own, he gave us incredible thrills and the memories of a lifetime,” said owner Terry Hamilton. “29 of his last 31 starts were against graded company and he always gave his all. He retires from racing remarkably sound–a testament to both the constitution of the horse and the care he received from trainer Brian Lynch. We'll certainly miss seeing him around the barn.”

 

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