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Algiers will be a notable absentee from this year’s Dubai Racing Carnival after trainers Simon and Ed Crisford announced his retirement on Monday.

Runner-up in the 2023 Dubai World Cup, Algiers was a seven-time winner over the course of a career that began in 2019. Originally trained in France by Andre Fabre for Godolphin, Algiers joined the Crisford team in December 2021 and immediately relished the transition to dirt. A winner of the Group 3 Jebel Ali Mile in February 2022, he continued to maintain his form when taking two rounds of the Maktoum Challenge at Meydan at last year's Dubai Racing Carnival before a second behind Ushba Tesora in the World Cup.

In a statement on X (formerly Twitter), Simon Crisford said: "Unfortunately, Algiers is not showing the same sparkle in his work, and we have decided to retire him.

"He was a very consistent horse who loved Meydan. He showed his brilliance in Rounds 1 and 2 of the Maktoum Challenge before running a close second in the Dubai World Cup.

"He will now enjoy a happy retirement and I would like to thank his owners Sultan Ali and Hamdan bin Sultan Ali Alsabousi for their support."