Awtaad will retire at the end of the current campaign to stand at Derrinstown Stud along with Markaz.

Kevin Prendergast's Irish 2,000 Guineas winner has won five of his eight starts to date and remains on course for the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot on Champions Day. Having met with defeat in the St James's Palace Stakes and Sussex Stakes, he returned to his best to win the Boomerang Stakes on Irish Champions Weekend last time out.