Star stayer Trawlerman has been retired after sustaining a tendon lesion, Godolphin announced on Saturday. The son of Golden Horn had been preparing for next week's G2 Lonsdale Cup at York.A homebred in the royal blue, the gelding broke his maiden at three, and was third in the G2 British Champions Long Distance Cup a year later. During his 2023 campaign, Trawlerman managed a three-race winning sequence culminating in a victory in the British Champions Long Distance Cup. Winless in 2024, the gelding finished second to rival Kyprios (Galileo) in the G1 Gold Cup at Ascot and ran third to that foe in the British Champions Long Distance Cup.In 2025, Trawlerman enjoyed his best year on the track, winning the G3 Henry II Stakes, the Gold Cup, the Lonsdale Cup, and the newly upgraded G1 British Champions Long Distance Cup in succession. Diagnosed with a rare eye condition that causes sensitively to light, trainers John and Thady Gosden carefully managed his training in 2026, and Trawlerman finished runner-up in both the Gold Cup and the G1 Goodwood Cup Stakes behind new rival Scandinavia (Justify). The eight-year-old retires with a mark of 25-11-3-5 and earnings of $2,766,071.John Gosden said, “Trawlerman is happy and well, but unfortunately he came out of the Goodwood Cup with a leg issue and is now being retired.“At eight years old, he has become part of the family here and won the Long Distance Cup twice and the Ascot Gold Cup in a very fast record time, which is unlikely to be equalled, as well as the Ebor.“He has won over £2 million in prize-money and remained at the top of his game this year when second in the Ascot Gold Cup, beaten a head giving 1lb to the winner.“He will be retired to Wood Ditton Stud, where Godolphin have wonderful facilities that he knows well having been there for holiday.“For all of us at Clarehaven Stables, just like Stradivarius, Trawlerman has become a much-loved member of the family and there are a lot of people here who will miss him particularly Ben de Paiva, who looks after him and Richard Wilkinson, who rode him through most of his career.”The post Champion Trawlerman Retired Due To Injury appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.