{"id":21326,"date":"2013-07-23T12:10:58","date_gmt":"2013-07-23T10:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/st-nicholas-abbeys-racing-career-ends-after-injury\/"},"modified":"2013-07-23T12:10:58","modified_gmt":"2013-07-23T10:10:58","slug":"st-nicholas-abbeys-racing-career-ends-after-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/st-nicholas-abbeys-racing-career-ends-after-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"St Nicholas Abbey\u2019s racing career ends after injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/?attachment_id=10169\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10169\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10169 \" alt=\"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\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/248b3_image.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">St Nicholas Abbey, ridden by Joseph O\u2019Brien, winning the Coronation Cup. The horse suffered a \u201cserious career-ending injury\u201d this morning, Coolmore have confirmed. Photo: The Irish Times<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"St Nicholas Abbey (horse)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/St_Nicholas_Abbey_%28horse%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">St Nicholas Abbey<\/a>\u2018s racing career had to unfortunately end due to him picking up a serious injury at Ballydoyle this morning.<\/p>\n<p>The six-times Group One winner was being prepared for a crack at the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/a-day-at-one-of-racings-biggest-events\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ascot<\/a> this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Aidan O\u2019Brien-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.<\/p>\n<p>A statement posted on the Coolmore twitter feed read: \u201cSt Nicholas Abbey suffered a serious career ending injury at Ballydoyle this morning, vets are currently attending to him.<\/p>\n<p>We hope to save him for a career at stud, a further update will be posted later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>St Nicholas Abbey won over \u20ac5 million in prize money having won nine of his 21 races. 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The horse suffered a \u201cserious career-ending injury\u201d this morning, Coolmore have confirmed. Photo: The Irish Times St Nicholas Abbey\u2018s racing career had to unfortunately end due to him picking up a serious injury at Ballydoyle this morning. 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