Manila Breaks a Cannon Bone and Will Be Retired

ELMONT, N.Y. — Manila, 1986 turf champion and favorite to be elected 1987 Horse of the Year, broke a cannon bone Thursday morning and is being retired to stud, United Press International has learned.

The 4-year-old son of Lyphard came up lame shortly after he cooled following a three-quarter-mile workout at Belmont Park.

Sources said Manila worked well and walked off the track in apparent good health. The injury, to the lower leg, showed up after the colt returned to the barn of his trainer, LeRoy Jolley. Jolley was not immediately available for comment.

Manila enters retirement with career earnings of $2,692,799 and a record of 12-5-0 in 18 starts. His last race was an impressive length-and-a-half victory in the Arlington Million on Sept. 6, his 10th victory in 11 starts.

The colt will stand at William Farrish’s Lane’s End Farm in Lexington, Ky. Farrish bought 15 of the standard 40 syndicate shares from Manila’s owner, Bradley (Mike) Shannon, earlier this year. Manila ended up an unexpected bonanza for Shannon, a former bloodstock agent.

The colt was bred and originally owned by Eduardo Cojuangco, a Philippine industrialist forced to flee his homeland with ousted president Ferdinand Marcos, a longtime friend.