Devastated trainer Dennis Drier said that all of the big Jet Master colt’s pace work had been completed ahead of his Champions Season pipe opener in the GR 2 Drill Hall Stakes on Saturday and he was having a routine workout on the sand when the injury occurred.

Drier said, “He must have just put a foot in the wrong place and pulled a tendon. When vet Manfred Rohwer looked at it he said that it looked as if someone had taken a gunshot to it.

The tendon had a clean hole the size of a bullet right through the middle.

“He doesn’t think he will be able to race again. This is a tragedy for everybody in the yard and also of course for the owners, the Papageorgiou family.

“Unfortunately these big horses like him with huge actions that have so much speed just need to put a foot wrong on any track and a lot can go wrong. To have a horse that you can place in features is what you build your hopes on and a lot of planning and preparation goes into choosing their races. It’s a punch below the belt to all of us.”

Master Of My Fate was identified by the late Andrew Papageorgiou as the only horse he wanted at the 2011 National Yearling Sale. He was so determined to get the Varsfontein-bred colt that he refused to lie down and eventually secured him for R3 million. After Andrew’s passing the horse was raced in his son Nico’s colours and was close to the heart of his widow Annetjie.

Master Of My Fate only started his career in May last year as a late three-year-old as he had to be box rested for five months as a two-year-old after splitting a hoof.

He lost on debut but then reeled off six wins on the trot including the Gr 2 Calulo Services Premier Trophy and the Gr 2 Glorious Goodwood Peninsula Handicap, both over 1800m at Kenilworth. He was then an unlucky fifth as the 5-2 favourite in the J&B Met as he was continually bumped and bored for the first 300m or so and forced to drop too far back, before making up plenty of ground in the straight.

On the bright side Master Of My Fate looks to have a fine future at stud as he was not only a top class racehorse, but has a superb pedigree and in conformation he closely resembles his magnificent father, the late great Jet Master, who is on course to claiming his seventh general sires title this season.

Meanwhile, the Drier-trained KRA Fillies Guineas hopeful Eventual Angel injured herself in her box and has also been scratched from tomorrow’s Greyville racemeeting.

Drier said, “It is not a serious injury, but the Guineas only comes around once a year and it was her main mission.”[/expand]