St Nicholas Abbey loses brave battle
Champion Irish Gaelic racehorse St Nicholas Abbey has died next a bout of colic on Tuesday morning, subsequently months of instruct by to live against the odds.
Surgery on St Nicholas Abbey revealed a severe strangulating colon torsion that was unviable, as well as he had to live euthanized on humane grounds.
“This is extremely unfortunate every bit St Nicholas Abbey had been inwards terrific form, the laminitis was resolving rattling good as well as the fracture had healed amend than expected,” Coolmore stud said, referring to laminitis which developed subsequently a previous colic gear upward on inwards November.
St Nicholas Abbey shattered his off fore pastern spell exercising at Ballydoyle inwards Ireland, the racing arm of Coolmore Stud, inwards his terminal hit-out earlier Royal Ascot inwards July 2013.
Just 2 days subsequently he underwent a major leg performance at Fethard Equine Hospital inwards July, he had to stimulate got emergency operation to live treated for colic.
He thence developed mild laminitic changes inwards his close fore. He had been walking good on his fractured leg, which had healed rattling well.
Another setback occurred inwards August when a steel weight-bearing pivot inwards a cannon os had broken.
The seven-year-old bay stallion was i of the biggest money-winning horses inwards European racing history, earning £4.95 1000000 (about $US8 million) as well as winning ix races earlier his devastating injury.
Coolmore thanked the surgeons, international experts as well as staff at Fethard Equine Hospital “who gave him such fantabulous attention 24/7”.
“We would every bit good similar to give thank you lot the multitude of well-wishers for all the cards as well as messages of back upward for St Nicholas Abbey.”
Epsom racecourse tweeted: “We’re all saddened to listen that St Nicholas Abbey has lost his battle today as well as volition forever concord fond memories of his 3 Coronation Cup wins.”
Trained past times Aidan O’Brien for the partnership of Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier, as well as Michael Tabor, St Nicholas Abbey won ix of 21 lifetime starts as well as earned $7,863,492. He was a six-time Group 1 winner, notching wins inwards the Emirates Airline Breeders’ Cup Turf (2011), Investec Diamond Jubilee Coronation Cup (three times, 2011-2013), Racing Post Trophy (2009), as well as Dubai Sheema Classic Presented past times Longines (2013).
St Nicholas Abbey’s victory inwards the 2011 Breeders’ Cup Turf made history, amongst jockey Joseph O’Brien as well as trainer Aidan O’Brien becoming the kickoff manlike soul bring upward as well as boy squad to win a Breeders’ Cup race.
St Nicholas Abbey, who was bred inwards Republic of Ireland past times Barton Bloodstock & Villiers Syndicate, was by Montjeu out of Leaping Water, past times Sure Blade. He is to be buried inwards the graveyard at Coolmore inwards County Tipperary, inwards Ireland.
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