Classic Winner Camille Pissarro Retired Due to Injury, Future Plans to be Announced

Dual Group 1 winner Camille Pissarro has been retired after he suffered an injury at Sandown last month when finishing fourth in the G1 Coral-Eclipse.

“Camille Pissarro pulled a shoe at Sandown and was quite sore afterwards,” said trainer Aidan O'Brien in a press release issued by Coolmore. “We had him X-rayed and a fissure fracture was found in his fetlock. The decision was then made to retire him.

“Camille Pissarro was an extremely classy colt; he had speed and class. He won the Lagardere on Arc weekend last year at two and then he showed everyone how good he was in the French Derby. He was very classy.”

Bred by James Cloney, Camille Pissarro was bought by MV Magnier and White Birch Farm for 1,250,000gns at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. A son of Wootton Bassett and the Pivotal mare Entreat, he emulated his half-brother, G1 Commonweatlh Cup hero Golden Horde (Lethal Force), when becoming a Group 1 winner with his victory in the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere as a two-year-old.

Prior to winning this year's Prix du Jockey Club, Camille Pissarro also finished a close-up third in the G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains won by stablemate Henri Matisse. He retires as the winner of three of his 11 career starts and over £1.1 million in prize-money.

Future plans for Camille Pissarro will be announced in due course.