Top-class chaser Monet's Garden battles for life

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Monet's retired after life-threatening infection

 By David Baxter 1:17PM 4 JAN 2011 MONET'S GARDEN, the popular top-class chaser who took his third Old Roan Chase this season, is battling for his life after suffering an infection in his hoof.

Connections have announced the retirement of the 13-year-old three-time Grade 1 winner who, with bold-jumping displays and characteristic determination that saw him claim Kauto Star as a notable scalp in October 2007, became one of the most popular racehorses of recent times.

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Speaking on Tuesday afternoon, owner David Wesley Yates told racingpost.com: "He's been having treatment at Oaklands Veterinary Centre for several weeks. He was found lame after winning atAintree in his off-fore and there is an infection which has spread to the bone