Ex-O’Brien star putdown in bizarre circumstances
The Ballydoyle graduate was sold to top Australian handler David Hayes late last year for almost $1m. But the four-year-old never got to show racegoers here his undoubted staying class having been hampered by injury since his arrival.
And yesterday the tale of woe came to a tragic end when after complications during what should have been a routine surgery, Changingoftheguard was destroyed. Undergoing a gelding operation that should have caused little problems, the son of Montjeu ruptured a bowel.
