Globetrotting mare Snow Fairy retired with tendon injury

Dual Oaks winner Snow Fairy has been retired after aggravating an old tendon injury during a workout on Tuesday morning.

Ryan Moore partnered her to five Group One victories and, discounting the Deauville disqualification, was unbeaten on the six-year-old, while Frankie Dettori rode the daughter Intikhab on her final start at Leopardstown. Dunlop has had several top-class fillies in his care and her exploits even outshone those of the great Ouija Board. "On official ratings she (Snow Fairy) was the best," he told At The Races. "Her and Ouija Board travelled all over the world. The incredible thing was she (Snow Fairy) won twice in Japan - no international horse had ever done that - and she is adored by people there. "We know how hard it is to win any race in Japan, for a horse to win twice there makes her incredible for what she's achieved."