The connections of Call Me Goo announced on Thursday, Jan. 8 that the accomplished trotting mare has been retired from racing and will transition to a new career as a broodmare.
The six-year-old trotting mare leaves the track as a millionaire, multiple stakes champion, award winner and a record-setter in North America.
Call Me Goo retires with career earnings of more than $1,441,236 and a lifetime record that includes 25 wins from 41 starts, along with numerous top-three finishes against the best mares in North America. Her résumé features multiple stakes victories, including marquee wins in the Breeders Crown Open Mare Trot, Armbro Flight Stakes, Allerage Farms Mare Trot, Six Pack Mare Trot and legs of the Miss Versatility Series.
In 2024, Call Me Goo was honoured with the prestigious O’Brien Award as Older Trotting Mare of the Year, recognizing a season in which she won half of her 14 starts and captured the Breeders Crown in a career-best performance in 1:50.4 at The Meadowlands, a stakes record at the time. The Googoo Gaagaa-Callmemza mare again earned national recognition as a 2025 O’Brien Award finalist in the same division, underscoring her sustained excellence at the highest level of competition.
In this year’s Maple Leaf Trot, she crossed the finish line in a dazzling mile time of 1:50.1, the fastest trotting time ever recorded by a mare in Canada, further cementing her status as a truly exceptional performer. That performance, combined with her consistent Grand Circuit form, established Call Me Goo as a benchmark for speed and class among modern trotting mares.
As she begins the next chapter of her career, Call Me Goo will be bred to the world-class trotting stallion Chapter Seven. Her connections noted that this highly anticipated mating combines her proven race record and toughness with Chapter Seven’s legacy of producing top-level performers with both speed and durability.
“She has been an absolute joy," commented Graham Grace Stable’s Dr. Adam Ainspan. "Her athleticism and sweet temperament are unmatched. What makes this especially meaningful is that she’s our homebred, descending from our sire Great George Two’s lineage: and of course, her Maryland-raised sire Googoo Gaagaa.
"All credit for her development and success goes to Bib Roberts and the entire Roberts family, Jason and Susan Skinner and their family, Ake and Sarah Svanstedt, and Stine Holm. We’re forever grateful to everyone who played a part in her incredible journey.”
(With files from Graham Grace Stables)