現地時間16日、今年のベルモントS(米G1)の勝ち馬ラグストゥリッチズ Rags to Riches(牝3、米・T.プレッチャー厩舎)が、15日に行われたガゼルS(米G1)のレース中に右前脚を骨折していたことが判明した。年内は休養に充てられ、来年の現役復帰に向けて調整される見通し。

　同馬は今年、牝馬として102年ぶりにベルモントSを制し、それ以来約3か月ぶりの出走となったガゼルSでは2着だった。通算成績7戦5勝(重賞4勝)。
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骨折都跑第二...勁 :lll: :lll:

只係有裂痕，唔係骨折咁嚴重。

Belmont Stakes winner Rags to Riches suffered a hairline fracture in her right front pastern, and will not race again until 2008.

Rags to Riches, the first filly to win the Belmont Stakes since 1905, returned to the track on Saturday after a three-month layoff and finished second in the Gazelle Stakes at Belmont Park. She was apparently injured during the race.

"The injury is not career ending and she is expected to make a full recovery," trainer Todd Pletcher said in a statement. "It appears as though she sustained the injury during the stretch run."

Pletcher added that Rags to Riches will rest for six weeks before being examined to determine her training status for 2008.

Twice during the summer, Rags to Riches developed a fever and missed scheduled workouts.

Rags to Riches had won each of her five starts in 2007 before Saturday's runner-up finish. In addition to the Belmont Stakes, she also captured the Santa Anita Oaks and the Kentucky Oaks.