Retirements.....

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Leave Me Alone

Leave Me Alone, the winner of the Grade 1 Test Stakes at Saratoga in 2005, has been retired after a series of disappointing results, trainer Eric Kruljac said on Sunday.

A 4-year-old filly, Leave Me Alone finished last of eight in the $100,000 Cat's Cradle Handicap last Friday, her 10th consecutive loss. Owned by Steve Mitchell, the California-bred Leave Me Alone ends her career with 5 wins in 18 starts and earnings of $653,330. Leave Me Alone was the 2-1 second choice in the betting for the Cat's Cradle. She raced near the front for the first half-mile and faded quickly.

"She doesn't want to do it anymore," Kruljac said. "It's time we recognize that she's had enough of racing."

By Bold Badgett, Leave Me Alone won two other stakes in 2005 - the Melair Stakes for statebred 3-year-old fillies at Hollywood Park and the Grade 3 Azalea Breeders' Cup Stakes at Calder. Following her win in the Test Stakes, she placed in three other Grade 1 races, finishing second in the La Brea and Gazelle Stakes in 2005 and third in the Santa Monica Handicap earlier this year.
Kruljac said Mitchell will make breeding arrangements for Leave Me Alone "by the beginning of the year."

From drf.com