Weld retires Nightime

Last year’s emphatic Irish 1000 Guineas winner Nightime has been retired.

The daughter of Galileo romped to a six-length success in the Curragh Classic before finishing last of 15 in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot the following month.

“We ran her in the Coronation afterwards last year and she pulled a muscle quite badly and then I never really got her quite right,” said trainer Dermot Weld.

“So we decided to breed her to Holy Roman Emperor and I’m delighted to say she’s safely in foal.

“We’ll see what happens and let’s hope she stays in foal and the future will take care of itself.”

Recalling Nightime’s finest hour, Weld told At The Races: “She was an extremely talented filly and it was just unfortunate that she had a recurrent muscle problem.

“I think we did the right thing in breeding her and retiring her.”