She has a history in the past of right front suspensory ligament strain (she\'s been off twice for that in the past) and tearing her chest muscles and coming back from that. This time she tore two muscles in her back/hindquarters. We don\'t know how severe it is. You could see her running style changed and she definitely wasn\'t 100% at the last quarter of the race.
Yet she still won. Amazing mare.
She\'s a powerfully built mare, with a big stride, and big strong muscles. Muscle tears are not that common, as most horses are not as muscled and fast/hard runners as she is.
Connections wanted another race in England, then were going to end her career with possibly the Breeders Cup in US. Now she\'ll be back in Australia and those plans are over. The owners are pretty keen on racing her, so we\'ll see what they decide on retirement vs. trying to come back and run in only 4 months. That\'s a push unless the muscle tears are very minor.
BUT - they have not said already, \"Okay, that\'s it, she\'s done and she\'ll retire on her unbelievable undefeated Group One record\". That indicates to me they want to get her home, let her rest (she\'s exhausted) and see how she will do and give her a month, see how it looks.
