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Dual Group 1 winner Toorak Toff will not be racing during the Sydney autumn carnival or voyage to Royal Ascot with the Show A Heart entire instead being retired to stud.
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Toorak Toff was disappointing on resuming last start when a 5.5 length 14th in the Newmarket Handicap behind Hay List.
Connections have subsequently elected to retire the Show A Heart four-year-old who was likely Sydney bound this autumn for events such as the TJ Smith Stakes (1200m) and also the All Aged Stakes (1400m) at Randwick next month.
A trip to Royal Ascot may have also been on the agenda.
His Newmarket run concludes a career which yielded six wins and two minor placings from 18 career starts.
Toorak Toff scored his first top level success when taking out the 2010 Group 1 Golden Rose (1400m) at Rosehill.
The Rick Hore Lacy-trained entire was initially retired in December 2010 due to breathing issues however embarked on a comeback later in the year made successful with his win in the Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m).
He claimed two additional stakes wins across his two and three-year-old seasons and exits racing with career prizemoney earnings of nearly $1.3million.
Toorak Toff will stand at Rosemont Stud in Geelong in the spring alongside Danzero.