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‘Very classy' Aidan O'Brien superstar Camille Pissarro retired with immediate effect in huge blow to iconic trainer
'VERY CLASSY' Aidan O'Brien superstar Camille Pissarro has been retired with immediate effect.
The French Derby winner injured his leg when finishing fourth to Delacroix in last month's Coral-Eclipse.
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The news comes as it was confirmed O'Brien's multiple Group 2 winner Diego Velazquez would be retired at the end of the season.
Three-year-old colt Camille Pissarro was entered for October's Arc de Triomphe, where he was a 33-1 chance.
His career ends with three wins from 11 runs and more than £1.1million in prize money.
According to a post on X from the Racing Post, Camille Pissarro suffered a hairline fracture to his fetlock, which is a bit like a horse's ankle.
He was beaten just two-and-a-half lengths by Delacroix, who nutted Ombudsman in an all-time Sandown thriller.
Those two will lock horns again in next Wednesday's blockbuster Juddmonte at York.
Jockey Christophe Soumillon reported after the Coral-Eclipse that Camille Pissarro had hung left-handed on the run-in.
While a vet confirmed afterwards that the colt had lost his left-fore shoe.
A Group 1 winner of the Jean-Luc Lagardere last season, Camille Pissarro, a son of Wootton Bassett, returned from a 174-day break to finish a half-length second to Big Gossey at the Curragh in March.
He then went down just other a length to stablemate Henri Matisse when finishing third in the French 2000 Guineas in two months later.
He proved he was good enough to mix at the top table again though when showing a rapid turn of foot to claim the £700,000 first-place prize in the French Derby over 1m2f on June 1.
O'Brien, who has seen two big-name horses removed from his yard in recent days, said after that win: "I'm delighted for everyone.
"Ryan (Moore, jockey) gave Camille Pissarro an incredible ride.
"Christophe was delighted with him the last day and told us to come here with him, and what a ride Ryan gave him.
"He's a very classy horse. He was obviously a Group 1 winner on Arc day last year.
"It was a great run in the French 2,000 Guineas last time behind Henri Matisse, so to come back and do this is incredible.
"It's a difficult race to win because you need a horse with a lot of speed, and they have to get a mile and a quarter, but it's a very important race and it makes him a very important horse now."
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