Trainer/driver Keith Jones has officially announced the retirement of 13-year-old trotter Abbey Road C, a career winner of $2,043,632

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Abbey Road C, a son of Incredible Abe--Jayport Whimsey, was purchased as a yearling for $11,000 by owner Mary Charlton and was conditioned by Jones throughout his entire career.

“He was just getting up there in age and we decided to call it a career,” said Jones. “He was such a terrific horse to have. A once in a lifetime horse and he’ll forever have a home.”

The gelding, who has made 66 career trips to the winner’s circle, took his lifetime mark of 1:52.4 as a four-year-old.

In 2009, Abbey Road C became just the sixth Ontario-sired trotter to surpass $2 million in earnings with his win in the Xtreme Rewind at Georgian Downs.

An Ontario Sires Stakes graduate, Abbey Road C captured the Frank Ryan Memorial Trot, The Honourable Earl Rowe Cup along with multiple Preferred and Open victories on the Woodbine Entertainment Group circuit. His biggest payday came in 2003 when he trotted to a third-place finish in the $1.08-million Breeders Crown, collecting $129,729.

“That was just an incredible evening and probably my favourite memory of him,” Jones said of the 2003 'Crown' effort. “To compete against the very best older trotters in the world and finish third is quite an honour.”

(with files from WEG)