'Ultimate horse' The Tin Man retired after suffering career-ending leg injury

The popular sprinter The Tin Man has been retired after breaking down on the Newmarket gallops on Saturday morning. The nine-year-old sustained a fractured cannonbone during a routine workout on Limekilns. It is hoped The tin man can return to the James Fanshawe stable and become a hack. The winner of nine of 31 races and £1.27 million in prize-money, Thetin Man was a pioneer for the Fred Archer syndicate.

The Tin Man won 31 races in 6 seasons and 3 Group 1 races. He won the Qipco British Champions Sprint at Ascot in 2016 and the Diamond Jubilee Stakes in the following year. Oisin Murphy won his last Group One race at Haydock in 2018. The horse was injured on the Limekilns short gallop. He was taken to Newmarket Equine Hospital. His syndicate was awarded the trophy by the Queen. Jacko Fanshawe bought him for 80,000gns. It was a good price for a horse that won a lot of races and won on all sorts of ground.