Persian Forces Kia Joorabchian, its owner, said on November 20 that he took a break from playing with the 2-year-old boy who is preparing to go to school.
Trained by Richard Hannon for the Joorabchian Amo Race, Force Persia achieved its greatest success landing Close Brothers July Stakes (G2) at Newmarket during the summer.
the son of mehmas who also retired at the age of two, Force Persian won the opening 2-year race of the season, SBK Brocklesby Condition Stakes at Doncaster, and was subsequently placed in the Coventry Stakes (G2), Keeneland Phoenix Stakes (G1), Darley Prix Morny (G1) and Juddmonte Middle Park Stakes (G1) and finished fourth in the Breeders’ Cup Junior Sprint (G1T).
“We decided this week that we will retire him,” Joorabchian said. “Persian has done an incredible job. He has followed in his father’s footsteps, and he has done everything that Mehmas has done.
“Arguably, according to Richard Hannon, who coached both, he’s a nicer version of his father and he has a better lineage. He started in March and went into every field. “
Joorabchian points to the success Mehmas has enjoyed as a stallion since retiring at the end of his 2-year-old season in 2016, breeding the winners of Group 1 Minzaal and Supreme power and an increase in the breeding fee to €60,000 (US$61,926) by 2023—from a low of €7,500 ($7,740) in 2020—were factors in the decision for the Persian Forces to retire.
No details on the location of the Persian Force or his premium will be announced by Joorabchian on Racing TV.
Kia Joorabchian revealed to @nickluck That senior juvenile Persian force was retired.#LuckOnSunday | @ABE_Dubai | @amoracingltd | @rhannonracing pic.twitter.com/OjIpaY4afb
– Racing TV (@RacingTV) November 20, 2022
Speaking of good luck on Sunday, the owner said: “He never had a bad journey, he followed in his father’s footsteps from start to finish, and his father retired when he’s just 2 years old in his career and already has a great track record of stud career as a stallion.
“His dad will be at €60,000, so looking at that, he can definitely follow in his father’s footsteps, if not better, because your son is always better than you.”
The Persian Force was a 33-1 general for QIPCO Two Thousand Guineas (G1) next year. He won three of his eight starts and collected a total of £289,012 ($350,183). He ended his career with a 3-3-1 record, with his only off-board record at this year’s Breeders’ Cup in November at Keeneland. chestnuts out of unraced Lope de Vega mare, Vida Amorosa, and a brother the same age as a 2nd grader are placed gobies was also trained by Hannon for J. Bin Ali Al Attiyah of Al Wasmiyah Stud.
