ETOBICOKE, Ontario—Trainer Robert Tiller has made it official. The popular Pink Lloyd, perhaps the greatest sprinter in Canadian racing history, will retire after Saturday’s $175,000 Kennedy Road at Woodbine, a Grade 2 stakes the venerable 9-year-old has won twice before. “There’s definitely mixed feelings,” Tiller said. “When it’s all over, it will be a big sigh of relief. It hasn’t been easy training this horse. I’ll be happy for him and happy for everybody involved. I knew this day would come, and we’ve made the joint decision to retire him. All good things come to an end. He’s not going to run as a 10-year-old against top horses. He’s done enough. He’s been amazing.” Owned by Entourage Stable, a partnership headed by Frank DiGiulio Jr., Pink Lloyd was a $30,000 purchase at the 2013 Canadian premier yearling sale from breeder John Carey. The son of Old Forester was a late developer who didn't debut until August of his 4-year-old season in 2016, when he graduated at first asking before winning back-to-back allowances. :: DRF Black Friday: Get up to 50% off DRF Products. Offer ends soon. Pink Lloyd made his next 33 starts in stakes. The powerful chestnut won 25 of them and has earned just over $2.3 million Canadian, while competing exclusively over the main track at Woodbine. Pink Lloyd was Canada’s Horse of the Year in 2017, the year he won his first of four consecutive Sovereign Awards as champion male sprinter. He was also voted the Sovereign Award for champion older male on the main track in 2017 and 2019. :: Bet the races with confidence on DRF Bets. You're one click away from the only top-rated betting platform fully integrated with exclusive data, analysis, and expert picks. Pink Lloyd set Woodbine’s six-furlong synthetic track record of 1:08.05 when he won his 2018 season opener in the Jacques Cartier Stakes with a career-best 106 Beyer Speed Figure. Champion jockey Eurico Da Silva won 18 stakes on Pink Lloyd before his retirement in 2019. He was aboard for the gelding’s perfect 8-for-8 campaign in 2017. “Pink Lloyd was the best horse I have ever ridden because he was so consistent,” Da Silva said. “I never experienced this consistency with another horse.” Tiller credited Pink Lloyd’s longevity to keeping him sprinting locally on synthetics and not racing him in the United States or on turf. He was not Breeders’ Cup-nominated. “He’s probably been the best-managed horse in the country,” Tiller said. “Staying at home made him last, because we had all the facilities and the [racing] program for him here. That to me was a big plus. Taking a shot at the Breeders’ Cup would have been a poor business decision. It would have probably cost a couple of hundred thousand dollars.” Pink Lloyd will retire to the LongRun Thoroughbred Retirement Society, northwest of Toronto, where he should be a popular attraction for years to come at the beautiful 100-acre farm.