Two-time Group 1 winner and The Everest placegetter I Wish I Win retired

Waikato Stud and trainers Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman announced the decision to retire I Wish I Win on Wednesday.

Mitch Cohen

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March 12, 2025 - 1:58PM

I Wish I Win has been retired. Picture: Jeremy Ng-Getty Images.

I Wish I Win, the two-time Group 1 hero and $10 million Golden Eagle winner, has been retired.

Owners Waikato Stud with trainers Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman announced on Wednesday the decision had been made to call time on the 2023 The Everest runner up’s career.

I Wish I Win defied the odds to scale some of the great heights in Australian racing after being born with a bent left near-fore leg that pointed out at an obscure angle.

The son of Savabeel started his career successfully in New Zealand before stamping himself a bona fide star on the big stage in Australia.

He scored a remarkable win in the $10 million Golden Eagle at Rosehill Gardens in 2022 and backed it up with Group 1 victories in Sydney’s TJ Smith Stakes at Royal Randwick in 2023 and Kingsford-Smith Cup at Eagle Farm in 2024.

Less than half a length stood between him and victory in The Everest after surging home behind Think About It in the richest race on turf two years ago before coming up short in the same race last year.

He lost no admirers in his final race start, finishing third behind Mr Brightside and Tom Kitten in last month’s Group 1 Futurity Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield.

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“We’ll always do what’s best for the horse,” Waikato Stud principal Mark Chittick said in a release.

“This decision wasn’t easy but on the advice of Peter and Katherine we all felt the time was right for Wishy to hang up the reins.

“He will come home and have a paddock right outside our house for the rest of his days. He will be looked after like a king, because he is one.”

Moody felt the time was right for I Wish I Win to enjoy retirement after a remarkable career that saw him bank close to $13 million in stakes earnings and score all seven of his victories at different venues across two countries.

“He’s retiring at the top of his game,” he said.

“He’s been a fabulous horse for the stable and given Katherine, myself and the stable the ride of a lifetime over the last two-and-a-half years.”

“Our stable are extremely grateful to the team Waikato for giving us this opportunity.”