Call to Mind, the Queen's U.S. winner, retired after Goodwood Cup

Call to Mind, Queen Elizabeth II’s horse who won a graded stakes last month during the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, was retired Tuesday after injured in the Group 1 Goodwood Cup won for the second straight year by Stradivarius.

Trainer William Haggas’ wife, Maurren, told reporters the colt suffered “quite a nasty tendon injury.” The 4-year-old son of Galileo walked on to an ambulance after pulled up by jockey James Doyle.

“You don’t need to lose horses like that, but he’s a group winner,” Maureen Haggas said. “Hopefully they can find him a job at stud somewhere, because he’d make a lovely stallion. He’s absolutely fine. He’s coming home tonight. But we just need to obviously — it’s going to take time for the leg to heal and become more comfortable to walk around on.

“Essentially, he’s in no danger, but he won’t be racing again.”

Call to Mind won the Grade 2 Belmont Gold Cup Invitational in what was the first starter by Her Majesty, The Queen at Belmont since 2012. Of course, he raced in her trademark purple and scarlet colors and set a new track record for two miles on the turf there, finishing in 3:16.78.