Shake You Down, the third-place finisher in the 2003 Breeders’ Cup Sprint who wound up running in $14,000 claiming races earlier this year, has been retired by owner Robert Cole and donated to the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF). Cole also made a generous donation to the organization to help care for the 9-year-old gelding. He has asked that the amount of the donation not be revealed.

“We were trying to find the right spot for him because Cole really wanted to retire him on a win,” trainer Scott Lake said. “He doesn’t train a whole lot. He just does a lot of jogging and light galloping. The last time I breezed him, his ankle filled up a little bit, so we X rayed it.”

Lake said there were “some little changes in there that weren’t there before. We decided there was no reason to take another shot with him.”

Cole, who, as of March 22, led the nation in wins with 31, first claimed Shake You Down for $65,000 on March 12, 2003. The gelding blossomed under Lake’s care and won four stakes that year. But his best performance may have come in the Breeders’ Cup, where he finished third behind Cajun Beat and Bluesthestandard