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Savabeel’s Group One-winning entire Embellish has been retired after an ongoing knee issue and is set to join Cambridge Stud’s stallion roster next year.

“He has arrived at Te Akau Stud where he will let down,” Te Akau principal David Ellis said.

“He will transfer to Cambridge Stud in February and he will be standing there from next season.”

Ellis purchased Embellish out of Waikato Stud’s 2016 New Zealand Bloodstock Premier Yearling Sale draft for $775,000 and later sold a share of the horse to Cambridge Stud’s Brendan and Jo Lindsay after his victory in last year’s G1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m).

He finished runner-up to Scott Base in the Karaka Million 3YO Classic before sustaining a bone chip in his knee when racing in Melbourne.