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Snowfall Succumbs to Pelvis Injury

Mark Smith - Tuesday January 11

The Deep Impact (JPN) mare Snowfall has been put down at Ballydoyle after suffering a serious pelvis injury.

Unquestionably one of the most valuable mares on the planet, Snowfall won the Epsom Oaks by 16-lengths under Franke Dettori.

Snowfall (image Champion Series)

It was one of three Oaks claimed by the Aidan O’Brien-trained filly with similarly wide margin successes in the Irish Oaks and Yorkshire Oaks.

Snowfall finished a fighting sixth in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp in October before finishing third in the British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes at Ascot a fortnight later.

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“It’s very sad news, terrible,” said O’Brien.

“The lads were thinking of keeping her in training but they hadn’t quite made up their minds, it was very possible.

“She had a pelvic injury in her box. Sometimes pelvic injuries go the right way or they can go the wrong way, unfortunately this one went the wrong way.

“It’s very sad and I feel very sorry for the lads, for Derrick (Smith), Michael (Tabor) and John (Magnier).”

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