Broken hock leads to Eye Eye Pickle retirement
In another blow for Imperial kennels, who not so long ago were forced to retire star dog Eye Onthe Storm due to an injury sustained at the English Derby, Eye Eye Pickle’s career has now also come to a premature end.
Eye Eye Pickle, the March 2007 son of Droopys Kewell and Cherry Sparkler, ran a total of 45 races under champion trainer Mark Wallis, winning on 18 occasions.
He was forced to retire after picking up an injury during a trial at Yarmouth last week.
Owners Peter and Aaron Goddard were present to watch him and it became obvious that Pickle, who at the time looked likely to record something special on the clock, had sustained a broken hock.
Trainer Wallis said in the Racing Post: “It’s a real blow for our kennel and for the owners of the dog. He’d done a great trial at Sittingbourne recently and was going to clock a pretty decent time at Yarmouth until he broke down.
“Eye Eye Pickle won plenty of races for us, and we’ll always remember the night he beat the Derby winner Bandicoot Tipoki by half-a-length during the Trainers’ Championship meeting at Doncaster.
“The vet has fixed the injury, but one thing’s certain, he’ll enjoy a good retirement.”
Pickle’s biggest prize in his racing career came after just nine races as he went on to bag The Greyhound Stud Book Trophy at Monmore over 480m to award connections with £2500.
The multiple open-race winner ends his career with an estimated total earnings of £9,050.
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