Graded Winner Wondrwherecraigis Retires From Racing

Wondrwherecraigis , a three-time stakes winner that gave trainer Brittany Russell her first graded stakes triumph in the 2021 Bold Ruler Handicap (G3), has been retired from racing.

Owned by the partnership of Michael Dubb, The Elkstone Group, Madaket Stables, and Michael Caruso, the 6-year-old Munnings   gelding lost four straight races after opening the season with an optional claiming allowance victory in April at Laurel.

"We retired him," Russell said. "He'd just lost a step and we didn't want to keep banging his head in. Rather than try to run him for a tag and win a race, and watch somebody take him, we just kept him. He was always going to stay with us."

Wondrwherecraigis finished with an 8-4-1 record and $540,170 in earnings from 20 starts, with additional stakes wins in the 2021 Tale of the Cat Stakes at Saratoga Race Course and 2022 Fire Plug Stakes at Laurel Park. 

"He's just sort of hanging out right now being a horse, but next spring I don't know what we're going to do. He might come to the track and we might try to make him a pony, I don't know," Russell said. "But we love that horse, he's not going anywhere. He's down at a friend's farm, so he's actually out enjoying himself. If we can get him trained up a little bit, by the time (my daughter Edy) is ready for a proper horse he should be ready."