Innovation Girl Retired
Melissa Boswell - Jozani Consulting 02/03/03

Shortly after finishing 2nd in the G1 Futurity Stakes, flying filly Innovation Girl was found to be lame in her off foreleg.

X-rays revealed that she had suffered a fracture to her off fore canon bone, luckily, the x-rays also showed that the fracture was not displaced. She was immediately given treatment for the pain and was bandaged and restricted to her straw box. She was also immediately retired.

She will have another xray in the next couple of days and then most likely have screws placed into the bone, just to make sure she is as sound and comfortable as possible in her retirement.

She is quite bright and calm, the toughness she showed on the track has put her in good stead for this terrible situation.

She will be restricted to her box until her leg heals enough to allow her to be moved into larger areas, on a staggered program.

The good news, if there can be any in such a situation, is that she will recover and will be able to enjoy her new career as a very valuable broodmare. She will go to stud this spring, with the stallion to be decided in the near future.

Innovation Girl raced only 15 times for 10 wins, 3 second & a third, including dual Group 1 placings, plus $977,900 in prizemoney, her full record is listed below:

Won 01/02/03 Flemington Group 3 Debonair Stakes 1400m by 3/4L beating Delago Brom, Tycoon Ruler, Blur, Thorn Park, Jeremiad, Conspectus
18/01/03 Caulfield Listed Zeditave Stakes 1200m by 3.5L beating Titanic Jack, Step Ahead, Tycoon Ruler
12/10/02 Caulfield Group 3 Thoroughbred Club Stakes 1200m by 2.5L
07/09/02 Flemington Group 2 Ascot Vale Stakes by 0.8L beating Titanic Jack, Able Choice, Brief Embrace, Tycoon Ruler
24/08/02 Caulfield Listed Quezette Stakes by 2L beating Brief Embrace, Fuji Dancer
17/08/02 Moonee Valley Listed Crockett Stakes beating Before Too Long
27/07/02 Cheltenham Group 3 Dermody Stakes by 2.5L
08/12/01 Moonee Valley 2yo Plate by 2L, beating Blur
01/12/01 Caulfield 2yo Fillies SWP by 4.3L, beating Fuji Dancer
14/11/01 Bendigo 2yo Maiden 900m track record time
2nd 01/03/03 Caulfield Group 1 Futurity Stakes 1400m to Yell - subsequently found to have fracture in off-fore
24/10/02 Moonee Valley Group 2 Champagne Stakes 1200m beaten in track record time by Before Too Long
16/02/02 Moonee Valley Listed Veuve Cliquot 0.1L to Yell
3rd 08/02/03 Caulfield Group 1 CF Orr Stakes 1400m beaten 1/2L by Yell, Fields of Omagh, 4th Northerly
5th 22/09/02 Caulfield Group 3 Jumeriah Intl Plate 1400m beaten 0.9L by La Bella Dame, Lashed, Macedon Lady

While it's a terrible shame for Innovation Girl to be injured and have to be retired, we wish her well at stud and look forward to seeing her progeny in the coming years.

Our best wishes go to her proud owners, Des Pope, Manager of the Pope Racing Syndicate & Mrs CL Harvey.

Innovation Girl - winning the G3 Debonair

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Innovation Girl - winning the G3 Debonair

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Innovation Girl - after winning the G3 Debonair

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Innovation Girl - before the Debonair

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Innovation Girl - winning the Zeditave

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Innovation Girl - winning the Zeditave
Innovation Girl - after winning the Ascot Vale

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Innovation Girl - winning the Ascot Vale

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Innovation Girl - winning the G2 Ascot Vale Stks
Innovation Girl - after winning the Ascot Vale

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Innovation Girl

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Innovation Girl - winning the Quezette Stks

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Innovation Girl - on her way to winning the
LR Crockett Stakes

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Innovation Girl - on her way to the barriers
for the LR Crockett Stakes

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