Rags-to-riches mare Princess Zoe has left Tony Mullins, the trainer who transformed her from a 64-rated handicapper into one of the top stayers in Europe.
The eight-year-old grey has been sent to a stud farm while owner Paddy Kehoe decides on her future.
Mullins, brother of Ireland’s champion jumps trainer Willie Mullins, and Kehoe had a public falling out in March after Princess Zoe finished fifth in the Jack de Bromhead Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.