Hasselhoof
Trish Dunell
The brief career of Group winner Hasselhoof is over.
The veteran of just 13 starts, the Tavistock gelding last raced when unplaced in the Gr.1 Zabeel Classic at Ellerslie on Boxing Day.
“He’s just had some ongoing issues,” co-trainer and part-owner Donna Logan told The Informant. “We didn’t want the risk of sending him out on to the racetrack and not having him come home – he means too much to us for that.
“We had some big discussions with the owners and decided the safest thing to do would be to retire him.”
Hasselhoof won six races, including Gr. 2 Rich Hill Mile and ran third in the Gr,.1 Livamol Classic.
“He gave us so many thrills along the way, but it’s disappointing that we never saw the best of him,” Logan said.