“He’s got speed. He’s got stamina. He’s got class,” Doug O’Neill could hardly stop gushing after the 4-year-old colt Raging Torrent pulled off a thumping win at the Metropolitan Mile Handicap in June this year. His elation was justified, given that the horse beat some of the top contenders to win the Saratoga race. Naturally, even better days were speculated to be inbound. But a bolt from the blue has put an end to all the hopes.
After Raging Torrent claimed its third straight stakes victory, O’Neill acknowledged that the former was a “once-in-a-lifetime kind of horse“. Paired with celebrity Italian jockey, Frankie Dettori, the grandson of Into Mischief was projected to continue its winning ways for the foreseeable future. However, as they say, the future is always draped under a veil, and it looks like an unfortunate turn of events will cut short the scintillating career.
An article by DRF from July 19 revealed that Raging Torrent will have to go into early retirement after being “recently diagnosed with a suspensory injury“. The news was shared by Craig Dado, one of the co-owners of the horse. The injury diagnosis came in just weeks after Raging Torrent’s latest Grade 1 triumph at the Hill ‘N’ Dale Metropolitan Handicap.
With the left foreleg of the horse injured, Dado said on Saturday afternoon that Raging Torrent’s chances of running the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile at Del Mar on Nov. 1 are now off the table for good. “With maybe a year off, he could come back. We’ll pass on that and retire him,” the horse’s owner said.
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