Leather suffers fatal fracture in Japan Cup

Jim Bolger has paid tribute to the "much adored" Trading Leather who sustained a fatal fracture when pulled up in the Japan Cup.

The Godolphin-owned four-year-old travelled well on the outside in the early stages of the Grade One event at Tokyo racecourse, but jockey Kevin Manning pulled him up before the field turned for home.

It later transpired Trading Leather, who enjoyed his finest hour when winning last year’s Irish Derby, had died after suffering a serious injury.