Australian Group 1 winner Lady Of Camelot has been retired following the injuries she sustained in a freak stingray incident earlier this week.
The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained mare suffered damage to her near foreleg during a beach session, ruling her out of Saturday’s Group 1 Doomben 10,000 and ending plans for a Royal Ascot campaign.
Lady Of Camelot had been earmarked for international targets, holding entries for both the King Charles III Stakes and the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes, where she had been competitively priced.
Bred and raced by Sir Owen Glenn’s Go Bloodstock, the four-year-old established herself as one of Australia’s leading sprinters, highlighted by her victory in the Golden Slipper in 2024.
Go Bloodstock director Steve O’Connor confirmed the mare’s racing career had come to an end.
“The injury rules her out of the [Brisbane] Winter Carnival and Ascot, which is a shame as she was well,” O’Connor told Racing.com.
“Ascot was the final frontier for her as a Slipper winner, so she’ll be retired from racing now.
“Sir Owen will make the decision in the coming weeks regarding whether Lady Of Camelot is a mare we’ll breed from or sell.”
Connections will now turn their attention to her future as a broodmare, where her elite pedigree and racetrack success ensure she will remain a highly valuable prospect.
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