St Nicholas Abbey suffers career ending injury

[TouchOfGrey]

St Nicholas Abbey set for critical surgery

The six-year-old suffered a fractured pastern during a routine piece of work at Ballydoyle on Tuesday morning as he was going through his final preparation for Saturday's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot, a race for which Europe's all-time leading money-earner had been expected to be favourite.

Coolmore Stud tweeted: "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 later update added: "St Nicholas Abbey is currently in a comfortable condition at Fethard Equine Hospital, where he is scheduled for surgery tomorrow morning."

[Danzig]

saw about the injury in another room. here's hoping for the best, hope they can save him.

[_ed_]

Oh no. Wishing him all the best. He was a wonderful horse to watch. I was lucky enough to see him in the flesh in one of his Coronation Cup wins - a truly stunning galloper. Really hoping they can save him.

[Danzig]

any news? everything i saw was from 8 or more hours ago.

[_ed_]

This is the latest I can find.
http://bloodstock.racingpost.com/new...y/1324286/top/

[Danzig]

thanks, ed. hope to wake up to good news.

[Danzig]

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...intensive-care

[_ed_]

http://bloodstock.racingpost.com/new...tback/1325341/

[Danzig]

damn

here's hoping. i didn't give paynter much chance, and he pulled thru. maybe st nicholas can do it too.

[Merlinsky]

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...itive-progress

Doing a little better.

[TouchOfGrey]

Video update from Channel 4 Racing on St. Nick