On Tuesday, Sue Smith revealed to the Racing Post that Grand
National winner Auroras Encore has suffered an injury which has ruled him out
of another crack at the race and forced him into retirement.
On the day that entries closed for the Aintree showpiece,
she announced that the 12-year-old had hurt himself when warming up for a
second tilt at the contest at Doncaster last Saturday.
The chaser, who gave Yorkshire its first victory in the
National for half a century when scoring at 66-1 last April, underwent an operation to have screws inserted in his leg.
"He got an injury during the Sky Bet Chase," Smith
said. "He got a fracture to the off-fore at some stage. That's racing. He
won't race again as he is 12 now and this is quite a serious thing."
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