New Zealand's Hero Retired
- Friday, 06 September 2002 00:00
Cambridge owner-trainer Jim Campin announced today that the winner of 15 races and $518,020 was heading for a life of leisure in the paddock.
Hero’s major wins—both at Group One level–came in the New Zealand Two Thousand Guineas at Riccarton and the Auto Auctions Weight For Age at Otaki.
He also won the Group Two Mudgway Partsworld Stakes and was runner-up in the Group One Captain Cook Stakes.
At his peak Hero was virtually an unstoppable front-running performer and he was feared by his opponents for his ability to run his rivals ragged.
Campin said that Hero was plagued throughout his career by a leg injury.
"He injured the leg as a young horse which is what prevented him from going to the yearling sales. It was always a problem but in recent times it had got worse and I decided it was getting to the point that it was not fair on the horse to continue on," Campin said.
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