Sacred Kingdom laid low by colic
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SACRED KINGDOM (Encosta de Lago), the world's joint highest-rated sprinter, is reportedly fighting for his life after being stricken with a bout of colic moments before departing Hong Kong International Airport for the Takamatsunomiya Kinen (Jpn-G1) in Japan March 28.
"The vet found that he had colic and gave him a tranquilizer to settle him, but he was quite sick," trainer Ricky Yiu told Melbourne's The Age newspaper.
"By the time the chief vet from Hong Kong Jockey Club arrived, the horse needed immediate surgery," Yiu said, adding that the gelding could be subjected to a second procedure depending on his progress.
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Winner of 15 of his 23 career appearances, including
the 2007 and
2009 runnings of the Hong Kong Sprint (HK-G1), the six-year-old has won a pair of
domestic Group 1 events and was set to make his first overseas venture since a
fifth-place effort in last year's
Golden Jubilee S. (Eng-G1) at Royal Ascot. Also on his agenda was a return trip to
Singapore's Kranji
Racecourse to defend his title in the KrisFlyer International Sprint (Sin-G1) in May.
Sacred Kingdom has
career earnings in excess of HK$37.5 million (US$4.8 million).
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