The globetrotting eight-year-old Rebel’s Romance has been retired having signed off with a win at Newmarket this month.

The Charlie Appleby-trained son of Dubawi beat stablemate Arabian Crown by half a length in the Group 2 Princess Of Wales’s Stakes at the July Festival to register his 22nd and final career win on July 9.

Rebel’s Romance scored nine times at Group 1 level between August 2022 and last September, enjoying big-race glory in Dubai, Germany, America and Qatar although a domestic Group 1 remained just out of reach.

Ridden by William Buick for the vast majority of his time on the track, Rebel’s Romance was a dual Breeders’ Cup Turf hero, winning at Keeneland in 2022 and again at Del Mar two years later.