It's official. DRF just put up the story.
http://www.drf.com/news/champion-royal-delta-retired-racing
Champion Royal Delta retired from racing
Champion Royal Delta, two-time winner of the Breeders' Cup Distaff, has been retired from racing.
Royal Delta, a 10-time graded stakes winner and two-time Eclipse Award champion, has been retired from racing, her connections announced Wednesday.
Breeding plans for Royal Delta were not yet finalized as of Wednesday morning. On Tuesday, Royal Delta was vanned from Payson Park to owner Benjamin Leon's Besilu Farm in Ocala, Fla.
Royal Delta, a daughter of Empire Maker out of the multiple Grade 3-winning A.P. Indy mare Delta Princess, retires with a record of 12 wins, 5 seconds, and 1 third from 22 starts and career earnings of $4,811,126. She won 10 graded stakes, including six Grade 1 races. Two of her Grade 1 wins came in the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic (since renamed the Distaff)..........