Unbeaten star of the Flat season Bow Echo has been retired due to injury, trainer George Boughey has announced.
The mile took the 2,000 Guineas, St James's Palace Stakes and Sussex Stakes in a stellar campaign as a three-year-old.
Setback ends career
Bow Echo had been entered in Sunday's Aga Khan Studs Prix Jacques Le Marois at Deauville, which would have been his seventh racecourse outing.
But an issue has led to Boughey reluctantly calling time on his stable star's career, with jockeys' championship leader Billy Loughnane taking the reins on all of his outings.
Trainer's tribute
In a statement, Boughey said, “It is with great disappointment that we have to announce that Bow Echo has had a setback and will be retired from racing.
“It has been the honour of a lifetime to train a horse like Bow Echo. He has given us some extraordinary days and taken everyone involved on a journey we will never forget. To retire unbeaten, having won the 2,000 Guineas, St James's Palace Stakes and Sussex Stakes says everything about what an exceptional racehorse he has been.”
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