One of the great female pacers of recent times has been sold just days after being retired.

Unbeaten superstar filly Millwood Nike is heading to Breckon Farms after they purchased her from the owners who raced her in 17 unbeaten starts.

Millwood Nike was being set for a race track return up until two weeks ago before the tendon issue that sidelined her last December flared up again.

Her owners in association with trainers Mark and Nathan Purdon decided to retire her but they also agreed to sell her before her future broodmare career got under way because it is so hard for larger ownership groups to breed from a mare.

“It was a unanimous decision and we are thrilled she is going to Breckon Farms,” says one of those owners, Steve Byrne.