‘VERY CLASSY’ Aidan O’Brien superstar Camille Pissarro has been retired with immediate effect.
The French Derby winner injured his leg when finishing fourth to Delacroix in last month’s Coral-Eclipse.
AFPPrix Du Jockey Club winner Camille Pissarro has been retired with immediate effect[/caption]
The news comes as it was confirmed O’Brien’s multiple Group 2 winner Diego Velazquez would be retired at the end of the season.
Three-year-old colt Camille Pissarro was entered for October’s Arc de Triomphe, where he was a 33-1 chance.
His career ends with three wins from 11 runs and more than £1.1million in prize money.
According to a post on X from the Racing Post, Camille Pissarro suffered a hairline fracture to his fetlock, which is a bit like a horse’s ankle.
He was beaten just two-and-a-half lengths by Delacroix, who nutted Ombudsman in all-time Sandown thriller.
Those two will lock horns again in next Wednesday’s blockbuster Juddmonte at York.
Jockey Christophe Soumillon reported after the Coral-Eclipse that Camille Pissarro had hung left-handed on the run-in.
While a vet confirmed afterwards that the colt had lost his left-fore shoe.
More to follow.
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