Two-time Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner Addeybb has retired, finishing with a Group 2 victory in France.
The champion nine-year-old excelled in Australia, winning three Group 1s and creating a fierce rivalry with Verry Elleegant on the track.
Addeybb finished with 13 victories from 28 career starts, with star jockey Tom Marquand in the saddle for the majority of them.
Marquand rode the gelding to victory in his final race on Sunday night, taking out the G2 Prix du Conseil de Paris at Longchamp.
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Addeybb will go down as a champion of the sport, with trainer William Haggas paying tribute to him after his final race.
“I’m absolutely thrilled to bits and we would like to call it a day with him now,” he told the PA news agency.
“He’s been a fantastic servant and it is wonderful he has finished on a high. So we’ll retire him now.
“He’s been magnificent and has taken us across the world. He did us proud in Australia, he’s won a Champion Stakes at Ascot, he’s been a marvellous horse.
"Obviously on heavy ground he is very effective, and we were keen to finish on a winning note. Now he has done, we’ll let him enjoy a wonderful retirement.
“He means a lot to the yard, he’s been a friend to all of us. Kind, sweet-natured horse, just a lovely horse. This is just a great result today.”
Happy retirement, Addeybb! pic.twitter.com/MnCWNZJDzb
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Addeybb gained plenty of Aussie fans in 2020 and 2021, taking out the Queen Elizabeth Stakes in two-straight years, as well as winning the 2020 Ranvet Stakes.
It was an emotional weekend for Haggas and his stable, with English superstar Baaeed also bowing out.
