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Send-off before stud? Dwyer pondering Asfoora retirement
Connor Scanlon • July 6th, 2026 4:28 pm
Fan favourite mare Asfoora is ready to be retired to stud, according to trainer Henry Dwyer, but when will that day come?
After a second-last finish in the Group 3 Coral Charge at Sandown in England on Saturday, Dwyer joined SENTrack & RSN’s Giddy Up to discuss the future of the rising seven-year-old.
When asked if he has made a decision yet, Dwyer admitted that he is going to ponder retirement potential over the next few weeks.
“No (decision has been made), we're just going to give ourselves the next couple of weeks because she's booked to go into quarantine on the 31st of July (to return to Australia), so she can't come home earlier anyway,” Dwyer stated.
The trainer continued by explaining the daughter of Flying Artie will either have one final career start in the Glorious Goodwood festival or they will pull up stumps with her.
“The race that she can run in here is that same day (as quarantine), so we've got four weeks up our sleeve,” Dwyer revealed.
“I just wanted to give her a week off in the paddock, and then just reassess after that, which gives us a chance to consider the realities of everything and make a more educated decision.
“But there's nothing wrong with her. She's pulled up super (from the Coral Charge run). There's no reason she ran poorly other than that she just didn't turn up on the day.
“That's probably showing us that she doesn't want to be there anymore, but I'm also conscious that she has done that previously over the last couple of years and then can come out and run a blinder.
“So, given there's nothing wrong with her, I'd be inclined to maybe give her one last hoorah at Goodwood, and then she can come home and go to stud.”
While one final race is a possibility for the mare, Dwyer admitted that she is now no longer consistently running well and is split on whether to give the bay a send-off race or not.
“It's getting to the stage now where she's putting in more bad ones than good ones,” the trainer admitted.
“She’s ready to go to stud for sure, but I don't think there'll be any harm in giving her a run, given she's in such good order.
“But I’m also conscious that I don't want to go to the races again (with her). It's an expensive exercise to be over here if she's not going well.
“But as I said, she can't go home anyway, so maybe we do roll the dice. We'll see.”
If Asfoora is to retire to stud, she will end her racing career with over $3.6 million accumulated in prize money, alongside 12 victories from 33 starts.
