sport news Epsom Oaks and Irish Oaks heroine Snowfall put down after serious pelvic injury
Trainer Aidan O'Brien laments loss of Epsom Oaks and Irish Oaks heroine Snowfall after injured four-year-old filly had to be put down Snowfall memorably won last season’s Oaks at Epsom by a record 16 lengths The four-year-old then triumphed in the Irish Oaks and the Yorkshire Oaks She looked likely to be another major player for Aidan O’Brien’s stable
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Snowfall, who memorably won last season’s Oaks at Epsom by a record 16 lengths under Frankie Dettori, has had to be put down after suffering a pelvic injury.
Snowfall also won the Irish Oaks and Yorkshire Oaks before finishing the campaign with sixth in the Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe and third in the Fillies & Mares Stakes on British Champions Day at Ascot.
She looked likely to be another major player for Aidan O’Brien’s stable in big middle-distance races around the world this summer.
Ryan Moore rides Snowfall to victory in the Yorkshire Oaks at York last year
Snowfall sustained the serious pelvic injury in her box and had to be put down when her condition deteriorated.
O’Brien said: ‘It’s very sad news. Sometimes pelvic
