All-weather specialist Robin Hoods Bay has been retired after suffering a tendon injury on his comeback race of the season at Kempton Park on Saturday.

The injury comes as a blow to trainer Ed Vaughan and owner Alan Pickering after the gelding’s terrific campaign last season which was highlighted by victory in the Group 3 Winter Derby Stakes at Lingfield.

The son of Motivator followed up with a close third in the valuable Coral Easter Classic Middle Distance Championship at the inaugural All-Weather Championships Finals Day on Good Friday this year.

“It’s a real shame as he was a stalwart for us through the winters and we were just starting him off again,” Vaughan said.

“He’s strained a tendon but hopefully we can get him right and get him rehomed.”

In a career spanning five seasons, Robin Hoods Bay won eight of his 29 starts with seven of those victories coming on the all-weather.

In other news relating to the all-weather, the British Horseracing Authority has announced details of three additional twilight fixtures on Tuesday evenings at Kempton Park in October and November.

The Kempton meetings form part of a total of six extra all-weather cards between September 30 and November 4, with the other meetings allotted to Wolverhampton who recently completed the installation of a new Tapeta racing surface.

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