ELMONT, N.Y. - The optimistic nature of trainer Kiaran McLaughlin allows him to appreciate what he had with Invasor rather than fret about what he may have missed out on.

Invasor, the defending Horse of the Year, was retired over the weekend after suffering a fracture to the sesamoid bone of his right hind ankle in a workout Saturday at Belmont Park. Invasor was working toward a start in this Saturday’s Grade 1 Suburban Handicap, a race he won by 4 1/4 lengths last year.

“I’m always one to look at the glass as half full,” McLaughlin said Sunday morning. “I have to be thankful and feel privileged for being the trainer of record of Invasor. He meant a great deal to my life and my family’s life. (via Invasor News)