Japan Cup winning mare Horlicks (NZ) (Three Legs x Malt by Moss Trooper) will have her 13th and final foal at Cambridge Stud in New Zealand this spring.

Her Hastings owner-breeder, Graham de Gruchy, has decided that after this foaling Horlicks (NZ) will be retired from stud duties.

'She is 24 years old now and it's time to retire her,' de Gruchy said. 'She's been a wonderful mare to me on the racetrack and at stud. She still looks magnificent and nowadays she is pure white.'

'I am breeding from three of her daughters so the dynasty will continue,' he said.

Horlicks (NZ) won the 1989 Japan Cup (2400m) to become the first Australasian horse to win the then richest horse race in the world.

Trained by Dave and Paul O'Sullivan at Matamata in New Zealand, Horlicks (NZ) won a total of 17 races during her illustrious racing career. Her other Group 1 victories were recorded in the DB Draught Classic (2000m) at Ellerslie (twice), the Television New Zealand Stakes (2000m) at Ellerslie and Mackinnon Stakes (2000m) at Flemington in Melbourne.

As a broodmare Horlicks (NZ) has left the Group 1 2000 Melbourne Cup (3200m) winner Brew (NZ) (Sir Tristram x Horlicks) and Group 2 Avondale Guineas winner Bubble (NZ) (Sir Tristram x Horlicks).

Horlicks (NZ) is currently in foal to Cambridge Stud's first-season sire One Cool Cat (Storm Cat). The foal is due to be born at Cambridge Stud in December.