Group 1 winner Economics has been retired from racing. Stud plans for the son of Night Of Thunder are pending.
A winner of the G1 Irish Champion Stakes in 2024, the Shaikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa runner dominated the G2 Dante Stakes for William Haggas earlier that year. The G2 Prix Guillaume d'Ornano was added to the colt's win column next before his hard-fought tally in the Irish Champion.
“He had everything you look for in a top-class racehorse — athleticism, temperament, and an extraordinary will to win,” said Haggas. “His performance at Leopardstown was one of the most thrilling I've witnessed, it's hard to believe we could have had a horse of this calibre so close to Baaeed. He retires with our deepest admiration and is certainly one of the best colts we've had.”
Jake Warren, bloodstock and racing advisor to Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al Khalifa, added, “Economics showed us on numerous occasions how brilliant he was, in particular when defeating a seasoned field of Group 1 winners, including Auguste Rodin, in the Irish Champion Stakes last year where he rightfully secured his place as one of the highest rated mile-and-a-quarter colts in the world.
“His page is very strong, he's by Night of Thunder who's breaking records on the track and in the sales ring and out of an exceptionally tough Group 2-winning race mare. He's an incredibly good-looking horse with a tremendous step so I'm sure breeders will be very interested in him as I have no doubt he'll produce very attractive, easy moving, commercial offspring.
“We haven't decided on where he'll stand just yet, we've been taking calls, but options are still open at this stage.”
The son of dual G2 Prix de Pomone heroine La Pomme d'Amour (Peintre Celebre) was bred by Copgrove Hall Stud and sold to Hazelwood Bloodstock for 42,000gns as a Tattersalls December foal from the draft of Baroda Stud. Sent through the same ring for the 2022 October Sale, he brought 160,000gns from Highclere Agency during Book 2.
Tom Marquand, who partnered Economics in six of his seven starts, said, “He was simply brilliant, when you pressed the button he just went through the gears effortlessly. His Irish Champion win showed what he was capable of against some of the very best mile-and-a-quarter colts in the world.”
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