Belmont Stakes-winning filly Rags to Riches will miss the Breeders' Cup Distaff next month after suffering a hairline fracture to her right front leg.
"The injury is not career ending, and she is expected to make a full recovery," trainer Todd Pletcher said in a statement on Sunday.
Rags to Riches suffered the injury to her pastern during the Gazelle Stakes at Belmont Park on Saturday. The filly finished second in the $250,000 Grade I race.
"It appears as though she sustained the injury during the stretch run," Pletcher said. "When she switched to the right lead, she came off the bridle and lugged in a bit."
The race was Rags to Riches' first since winning the June 9 Belmont Stakes when she became the first filly to win the mile-and-a-half event in 102 years.
Pletcher said the three-year-old filly would move to Ashford Stud in Kentucky for six weeks of rest before being re-examined. Sired by 1992 Belmont Stakes winner A.P. Indy, Rags to Riches has five victories in seven starts with earnings of more than $1.3 million.
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