Injury forces Cape Blanco into retirement

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

Injury forces Cape Blanco into retirement
Mon, 03 Oct, 2011 - 18:50

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.

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