Injury ends Cape Blanco’s career

CAPE Blanco is to be retired to stud after sustaining a knee injury when winning at Belmont Park in America on Saturday.

The-four-year-old colt, trained by Aidan O’Brien, just held Dean’s Kitten by a nose in the Joe Hirsch Classic Invitational.

Aidan O’Brien’s charge was completing a hat-trick of Grade One victories in the United States, having previously won the Arlington Million and the Man o’War Stakes, and was considered a major player for the Breeders’ Cup Turf.