Question

[Oldschool65]

Anyone have a list from over the years of runners who retired to stallion duty early, covered a season or two and then returned to racing?

thanks

[Mahubah]

Bertrando covered mares while recovering from having a knee chip removed after his four-year-old season, then went back into training after the breeding season was over. Carry Back also served at least one season at stud in between racing campaigns. Both seemed sound enough and won stakes following their returns but were not as good as they had been prior to their "vacations." (Mind on something else, maybe?)

Twenty Grand, Grey Lag, Black Gold, Mad Play, and Whiskery all had racing careers interrupted by stud service, and all returned to racing for the same reason: sterility. None were anywhere near as good in their second round of racing as they had been prior to their original retirements, probably because the physical problems that encouraged reitirement for most of them were still around.

[Lucy]

Precisionist was another who returned to racing due to fertility problems, coming back at age seven. He did rather well in his second tour of duty, winning some stakes races, but was hardly the force he'd been before his extended vacation.

[Mahubah]

Oh, going back a bit, I believe American Eclipse had served at stud prior to his famous match with Sir Henry.

[aurora]

Haymarket would train in the mornings and serve mares in the afternoon.= so I'vwe heard.

[xfactor fan]

Would just like to point out that humans who have retired from sports, and then tried to make a come back have a hard time too, and are rarely as successful the second time around.

Given that the humans are most likely having sex before and during their career, during their retirement, and during the come back, it seem unlikely that sex has a lot to do with the success or failure at least of the humans.

There are several warmblood stallions that compete and serve as studs. Also arabs and most likely Quarter Horses.