St Nicholas Abbey, ridden by Joseph O’Brien, winning the Coronation Cup. The horse suffered a “serious career-ending injury” this morning, Coolmore have confirmed. Photo: The Irish Times
St Nicholas Abbey‘s racing career had to unfortunately end due to him picking up a serious injury at Ballydoyle this morning.
The six-times Group One winner was being prepared for a crack at the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot this weekend.
However, the Aidan O’Brien-trained six-year-old has now run his last race with his owners, John Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith hopeful that the vets can save him for a stud career.
A statement posted on the Coolmore twitter feed read: “St Nicholas Abbey suffered a serious career ending injury at Ballydoyle this morning, vets are currently attending to him.
We hope to save him for a career at stud, a further update will be posted later.”
St Nicholas Abbey won over €5 million in prize money having won nine of his 21 races. He will undoubtedly leave a huge hole to fill at Ballydoyle. – The Irish Times
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