Canadian Horse of the Year and U.S. champion turf female Moira (Ghostzapper–Devine Aida, by Unbridled's Song) has been retired from racing, according to a statement from Chris Waller, who had trained the mare in Australia after she was purchased by Yulong Investments in 2024.“Moira is obviously a world-class mare and, while she hasn't yet quite reached those same heights here in Australia, her performance earlier in the prep gave us a glimpse of her class,” Waller's statement read. “We simply feel that she is not racing at her absolute best right now and, with her extraordinary resume, she will be an outstanding broodmare, a real asset to the Australian breeding industry.”Moira set a track record while winning the Queen's Plate in 2022 while racing for Donato Lanni's X-Men Racing partnership, Madaket Stables and SF Racing and trainer Kevin Attard. She as named Canada's Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old filly that season.In 2023, she added the GII Canadian Stakes to her resume, as well as third-place efforts in the GI Breeders' Cup F/M Turf and GI E. P. Taylor Stakes.Bought back for $3 million at the 2023 Fasig-Tipton November sale, Moira returned for perhaps her best season in 2024. She won the GII Beverly D. Stakes and finished second in the GI Diana Stakes and GI E.P. Taylor S. before concluding her North American campaign with a win in the GI Breeders' Cup F/M Turf. That victory earned the bay mare an Eclipse statue as champion turf female in the U.S.Returned to the Fasig-Tipton sales ring just days after her Breeders' Cup win, Moira sold to Yulong Investments for $4.3 million at the 2024 November sale. She raced five times, with a runner-up effort, in Australia in the Yulong colors.On the board in 16 of 22 starts, Moira won seven times–all in black-type company–and earned $3,058,077.“It's fantastic to see international-class horses coming into Australia; it clearly lifts our breeding pool and bloodlines. We very much look forward to seeing her progeny develop and race in the years to come,” Waller's statement concluded.The post Champion Moira Retired from Racing appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.