AUGUSTE Rodin will have his final race in the Japan Cup on November 24th before being retired to Coolmore Stud for 2025.

The six-time Group 1 winner and dual Derby hero won at the top level in all three of his racing seasons, most recently finishing a close second in the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown.

Coolmore's M.V. Magnier said: "Auguste Rodin is an exceptional racehorse and stallion prospect with the blend of class, speed and pedigree that only the best possess. He is a very special horse for us, and I truly believe he ranks up there with the best middle-distance racehorses and sires that we have stood here before him like Sadler’s Wells, Galileo, Montjeu, Caerleon and Camelot. Physically he fills the eye so well as he has extra quality and movement so I can’t wait to see his first crop in Ballydoyle in 2028. We are going to do all we can to give him the best possible opportunity to follow in his illustrious predecessor’s footsteps."

Trained by Aidan O’Brien, Auguste Rodin won his maiden as a two-year-old at Naas, before taking the Group 2 Champions Juvenile at Leopardstown and the Group 1 Futurity Trophy at Doncaster.

His three-year-old campaign began with a blip in the 2000 Guineas but was followed by impressive wins in the Epsom Derby, Irish Derby, Irish Champion Stakes and Breeders’ Cup Turf.

This year, as a four-year-old, he added the Group 1 Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot to his already glittering CV.

By the Japanese Triple Crown winner and 11-time champion sire Deep Impact, Auguste Rodin boasts five multiple-champion sires in his first three generations, along with three standout racemares, who were all Group 1 performers at less than a mile. He is the first foal out of Rhododendron, a triple Group 1 winner by Galileo and full-sister to seven-time Group 1 winner and champion Magical. Both mares are out of three-time Group 1 and 1000 Guineas winner Halfway To Heaven.

Reflecting on Auguste Rodin’s achievements, jockey Ryan Moore said: "He's been an unbelievable horse for us. We have always thought the world of him. He has everything you’d want. He has so much pace. He could kill horses for speed, and he was able to stretch that out over 12 furlongs. Horses like him are so hard to find. An incredible horse.”

Aidan O’Brien added: “Auguste Rodin is out of Rhododendron, one of the best Galileo mares, and by Deep Impact, Japan’s best stallion. He connects two of the most powerful breeding lines in the world. He has been a pleasure and a privilege to train. He is just a very unique horse and we’re very excited to see what he will achieve at stud. We will be supporting him with our own mares.”