Ankle injury ends Shamardal career

SHAMARDAL will miss his intended showdown with Derby winner Motivator in today’s Coral-Eclipse Stakes after chipping a bone in his ankle.

Ankle injury ends Shamardal career

The Godolphin three-year-old suffered the setback on Thursday and will now be retired to stud.

Shamardal, winner of the French 2000 Guineas and Derby, was set to face his Epsom counterpart in front of a sell-out crowd at Sandown today and connections had been confident of a good show.

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