TAKEOVER TARGET is recovering from an operation to a cracked cannon bone at Newmarket Equine Veterinary Hospital and has been retired from racing.
The veteran Australian sprint star finished a respectable seventh to Fleeting Spirit in Friday's Darley July Cup and was found to have sustained the injury afterwards.
His trainer Joe Janiak and jockey Jay Ford were too distressed to talk after the race but there was more positive news on Saturday morning.
Janiak said: "Thankfully, it's all good news. Takeover Target cracked a cannon bone but he's had five screws inserted and will be box rested at the hospital for a couple of months.
"He seems fine after the operation and he needs to rest. He has been a fantastic horse and we have had some great adventures with him."
Takeover Target won over £2 million in prize-money and among his seven Group 1 successes was the 2006 King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot.作者:
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