Group 1 winner Diego Velazquez will not contest the Breeders' Cup and has been retired, according to syndicate manager Sam Sangster. The son of Frankel–who was bought by Sangster's syndicate directly before his Jacques le Marois victory– is set to stand at the National Stud in Newmarket.Last seen finishing fifth under Frankie Dettori in the GI Coolmore Turf Mile at Keeneland, he has won six of his 12 starts for trainer Aidan O'Brien. Raced by the Coolmore partners through his win in the G2 Minstrel Stakes in July, the four-year-old also won the G2 Champions Stakes at two and the G3 Meld Stakes and G2 Solonaway Stakes at three. Bred by Epona Bloodstock, the son of the stakes-winning Sweepstake (Acclamation) was purchased by MV Magnier and White Birch Farm for 2.4 million gns out of Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale in 2022.Sangster said, “A Group 2 winner at two and three, with a very emotional Group 1 to his name at four, we're incredibly proud to offer Diego Velazquez to breeders in 2026.“Diego Velazquez has it all, a superb-looking son of Frankel from a great family, with an attitude to die for, he has all the attributes you need to be a success at stud.”Diego Velazquez is a half-brother to G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud hero Broome (Australia) and that luminary's full-brother Point Lonsdale who won the G2 Futurity Stakes and was multiple Group 1-placed.O'Brien added, “We always thought the world of Diego Velazquez. He has always been a very good horse and I'm so delighted for Sam, he's a very legitimate and desirable horse, he deserved to win his Group 1. He's a great model and is determined and very brave.”Sangster will still be represented at the Breeders' Cup meeting at Del Mar with Brian Meehan's Rashabar (Holy Roman Emperor), who is aiming for the GI Breeders' Cup Turf.Sangster added, “Rashabar is going for the Turf, the ground wasn't ideal for him at Longchamp in the Prix Dollar, but he still ran his race. He's in deep waters, but he has always held his own whenever we've thrown him in at the deep end.”The post Diego Velazquez Retired To The National Stud, Rashabar Headed To BC Turf appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.