Budding star sprinter Brave Mead has been euthanised after suffering a 'catastrophic' injury at trackwork in Sydney on Tuesday.

The last-start Listed Darby Munro Stakes winner was being prepared for Saturday's Group 2 Arrowfield 3YO Sprint (1200m) at Randwick when the incident occurred.

"He had a catastrophic injury this morning and he's been euthanised," confirmed a devastated Jamie Lovett from Australian Bloodstock.

"He shattered a sesamoid bone. He's been a fantastic horse for his owners and a really good advertisement for the stallion (Brave Smash). It's just terrible news."

Brave Mead had won five of his 12 starts for earnings of almost $700,000. He was a Listed juvenile winner of the St Albans Stakes (1200m) at The Valley and as a three-year-old added the G3 Manfred Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield and the Listed Darby Munro to his record.

Andrew Eddy

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