African Story and Prince Bishop retired

African Story and Prince Bishop, the last two winners of the Dubai World Cup for Godolphin, have been retired.

Both horses seemed suited by the Dubai Carnival with six of African Story's eight career wins coming at the meeting while Prince Bishop won there four times.

Prince Bishop also beat Cirrus Des Aigles during his time in France with Andre Fabre and won a Group Three at Kempton as recently as September.

"They have both been remarkable racehorses over the years. Both are eight-year-olds, they have both run on Dubai World Cup night each of the past four years. They have both won the biggest prize in world racing," Sheikh Mohammed's advisor John Ferguson told www.godolphin.com.

"They retire having given the Maktoum family many days of great pride and enjoyment. Sheikh Mohammed felt it was the right thing to retire them from the racetrack but not to abruptly end their involvement in day-to-day activity in the stable, which they enjoy immensely.

"I am not sure of the logistics as yet, but they will be in one of the Godolphin stables and in all probability will be ridden every day in the immediate future."

Saeed bin Suroor trained both horses and said: "They were very tough and reliable racehorses. Both geldings, they could adapt quickly to their environment no matter where in the world they were taken to race.

"The fact that they could each compete in top races on Dubai World Cup night four years on the trot says a lot for their class and durability."