Star stayer Kyprios retired after recurrence of old injury
Aidan O'Brien's dual Ascot Gold Cup winner Kyprios has been retired due to aggravating an old injury.
The seven-year-old son of Galileo leaves the track with an incredible record of 17 wins from 21 outings.
What makes his achievements all the more meritorious are that after a brilliant season in 2022 when he won all six of his races, including a first Gold Cup, he then missed almost the whole of 2023.
He did return for an autumn campaign and met with two defeats, but last year he was better than ever when winning all seven starts, including a second Gold Cup.
Announcing the news on X, his owners Coolmore said: 'Due to an aggravation of an old ringbone lesion we have decided to take no chances with Kyprios and although he is currently sound and doing well the decision has been made to retire him from racing.'
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