Breeders’ Cup: Questing Found to Have Eye Injury

The filly’s eye was swollen shut the evening after her race, but no one is sure how or when she was injured.
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Godolphin Racing’s Questing, who was eased during the Nov. 2 Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic, held at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., after showing no inclination to run, was found to have suffered an injury to one of her eyes, though no one knows exactly how or when it happened.

"When she got back to the barn that evening, her eye was swollen shut," Godolphin racing manager Simon Crisford said. "Fortunately, it was fine the following morning. We’re not sure what happened, but she seemed fine going to the post, so you would have to assume something happened in the starting gate. Perhaps she banged herself or got hit with something as soon as the gates opened.

"It’s really a shame, because the race would have set up perfectly for her, with her speed and the way the track was playing, favoring speed," Crisford continued. She was coming up to the race in fantastic shape."

Besilu Stables’ Royal Delta won the Ladies’ Classic for the second consecutive year. Questing, ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr., broke behind the others in the Ladies’ Classic and gradually dropped out of contention before being eased. She was removed from the track by equine ambulance, but on-call veterinarians said they detected no apparent injuries upon inspection

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Steve Haskin is Senior Contributor to The Blood-Horse magazine, sister publication to The Horse.

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