A champion at three, the French horse flopped last week on his first run of a troubled year and will now go to stud
Chris Cook: Almanzor, a devastating winner of last year’s Champion Stakes at Ascot, has been retired after his comeback flop at Deauville last week. The colt pulled two lengths clear of the Arc winner, Found, in the highlight of his career last autumn but struggled to make it to back to the track this year, having been affected by a virus at Jean-Claude Rouget’s yard and then suffered a physical setback during his recovery.
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