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2 hours ago, hesi said:

People were taking issue with the point that a potentially performance affecting surgery was not made public until a couple of days before the race Obviously those in the know had a chance to back Kawi at a better price That's life

I bet sum punters wished they had never heard about his wind op, who wins

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GROUP ONE-WINNING MARE TO STUD

 
Valley Girl - Trish Dunell
 
Valley Girl

Trish Dunell

 
Injury has forced the premature retirement of the leading mare Valley Girl, who will be sent to an Australian-based stallion in the spring. 

Co-trainer Donna Logan ordered a raft of veterinary tests following the four-year-old's failure in Saturday's Gr.1 Makfi Challenge Stakes at Hastings with connections worst fears subsequently realised.

"She hung very badly in the Makfi and she's never done that in her life," she said.

"We've found she's got a stress fracture of the radial bone, which is the bone between the knee and the shoulder.

"Obviously that will heal, but we're not prepared to risk her so she has been retired."

Valley Girl won four of her 11 starts, including last season's defeat of the older horses in the Gr.1 Herbie Dyke Stakes and a placing in the Gr.2 Eight Carat Classic.

Following her fifth placing in the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby, she crossed the Tasman and finished runner-up in the Gr.1 Vinery Stud Stakes and sixth in the Gr.1 Australian Oaks.

Valley Girl looked set for a lucrative spring campaign following her impressive open handicap sprint victory when resuming on her home track earlier this month.

"It's a great shame as she was untapped and after that Ruakaka win we though gee, we've got some ammunition this year," said Logan, who trained Valley Girl with Chris Gibbs.

"However, at least she is okay and she'll go on to breed some beautiful babies. She was very lightly-raced so she's got plenty to give to her foals."

By Mastercraftsman out of the Group Three-winning Bianconi mare Leigh Valley, Valley Girl is owned by her Cambridge breeders, the Hawkins family of Wentwood Grange.

"Donna and Chris have done a great job with her and we can't thank them enough," stud manager Dean Hawkins said.

"At least she's safe and now we're looking forward to her breeding career. She'll go to a stallion in Australia, but which stallion that is we don't know yet." – NZ Racing Desk.

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On 25 August 2016 at 6:36 PM, Midget said:

If what's been quoted here is true about Kawi he's worth risking.

I'm thinking Valley Girl might be the one this week.

Talk about kiss of death short stuff!

You've ended the poor girl's career!! :o

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