Horse Racing News by Bloodhorse

Godolphin Racing's multiple Grade 1 winner It's Tricky has been retired with an injury to her right hind ankle, trainer Kiaran McLaughlin said Oct. 20.

Starlight Racing's Grade 3 winner Algorithms, winner of all three career starts, has been retired following the recurrence of an injury that knocked the son of Bernardini off the Triple Crown trail earlier this year.

Resorts World Casino New York City Wood Memorial winner Gemologist has been retired from racing and will enter stud at Kenny Trout's WinStar Farm for the 2013 breeding season.

Marketing Mix, coming off a tough loss in the Beverly D Stakes (gr. IT) last month, takes on 12 Southern California-based fillies and mares in the $250,000 Rodeo Drive Stakes at Santa Anita Park Sept. 29.

Zayat Stables' Justin Phillip, a close second in his last two graded attempts in New York, was installed the 3-1 morning line favorite for the $400,000 Vosburgh Invitational Stakes.

Grade 1 winner and multi-millionaire Awesome Gem has been retired from racing, according to West Point Thoroughbreds.

Hansen, last year's champion 2-year-old male and Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner, has been retired from racing due to a tendon injury he sustained in August, according to his breeder/co-owner, Dr. Kendall Hansen.

Zenyatta, winner of the 2009 Breeders' Cup Classic and Horse of the Year in 2010, will be remembered for all-time by Santa Anita Park when the track unveils a life-sized statue of the great mare in the Paddock Gardens area Sept. 29.

With five of its nine entrants bred outside the United States, including slight favorites Julie's Love and Dealbata, the $150,000 Noble Damsel Stakes Sept. 15 at Belmont Park will have a strong European flavor.

A full field of 12 grass-favoring sophomore fillies, topped by Virginia Oaks winner Volcat and Italian transplant Angegreen, will line up Sept. 15 for the $175,000 Pucker Up Stakes going 1 1/8 miles on the turf at Arlington Park.