White Birch has been dominated out for the remainder of the season after struggling a setback.
John Joseph Murphy’s secure star loved a improbable begin to his four-year-old marketing campaign, touchdown the Group Three Alleged Stakes and the Group Two Mooresbridge Stakes earlier than claiming Group One glory with a complete defeat of Auguste Rodin within the Tattersalls Gold Cup.
The gray has not been seen in aggressive motion since that late Might success, lacking a deliberate rematch with Auguste Rodin within the Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot resulting from unsatisfactory blood take a look at outcomes and in addition sidestepping the Eclipse at Sandown and York’s Juddmonte Worldwide.
Connections had been concentrating on a return to motion within the Royal Bahrain Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown on Saturday week, however he’ll now sit out the rest of 2024.
George Murphy, assistant to his father, mentioned: “He is simply strained his close to hock and he has to have field relaxation for 3 to 4 weeks, so sadly that may rule him out.
“It’s just bad timing and it’s unfortunate, but we’re looking forward to him next year.”
