(Sports Network) – Former Breeders’ Cup Turf winner St Nicholas Abbey suffered a career ending injury Tuesday morning in Ireland and has been retired.<\/p>\n
Coolmore Stud reported the injury on its Twitter page.<\/p>\n
“St Nicholas Abbey suffered a serious career ending injury at Ballydoyle this morning, vets are currently attending to him.”<\/p>\n
Trained by Aidan O’Brien, St Nicholas Abbey suffered a fractured pastern while training at Ballydoyle in preparation for a stakes on Saturday in England. He was transported to Fethard Equine Hospital in “comfortable condition” and will have surgery there Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n
The 6-year-old won the Breeders’ Cup Turf in 2011 and last year finished third, both times with the trainer’s son Joseph as the jockey.<\/p>\n
This year he won both starts, including the Dubai Sheema Classic on March 30.<\/p>\n
St Nicholas Abbey earned $7,863,492 with nine wins in 21 career starts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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