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Final 12 months’s Derby winner Desert Crown has been put down after failing to get better from a severe leg harm.
The Sir Michael Stoute-trained colt, owned by Saeed Suhail, was injured within the build-up to an supposed run on the Juddmonte Worldwide at York.
He suffered a fetlock fracture on the Newmarket gallops in August.
“Desert Crown was a fantastic horse and was destined to be top-of-the-line if he hadn’t had this harm” stated Bruce Raymond, racing supervisor to Suhail.
“He was one of many best winners of the Derby that I can keep in mind and it is a fantastic disgrace that we have misplaced him.
“As has been nicely recorded, he fractured his off-fore leg for which he needed to have 16 screws inserted.
“The whole lot appeared to be going nicely however he put a lot stress on his close to fore when he stood on it that it was unsustainable. He was put down humanely at NEH (Newmarket Equine Hospital), the place the surgeons have been excellent.”
Desert Crown had solely raced as soon as since profitable the Derby at Epsom in June 2022, when dropping his unbeaten report after ending second to Hukum within the Brigadier Gerard Stakes in Could.
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