Louis The King retired
Geoff Woodruff’s 2014 Triple Crown winner Louis The King has been retired from racing following an injury sustained in work.
Woodruff Racing confirmed that their stable star fractured a sesamoid, saying,“We are gutted, but he has done more than enough.”
It was reported earlier this week that Louis The King had just one testicle removed as a compromise on whether to geld him or send him to stud.
“It was a compromise,” explained trainer Geoff Woodruff. “He is still technically an entire and is still holding a good blood count.
“After work we could see the one testicle was up high and causing him discomfort so we just removed the one. It’s a little procedure which seems to have gone very well.”
Woodruff added that this procedure had been performed a number of times with great success.
“The same thing happened with Royal Air Force and he’s at stud right now.”
No further news on future plans were available.
