ELMONT, N.Y. – It’s Tricky, the quirky multiple Grade 1 winner, suffered an injury to her hind ankle and has been retired, trainer Kiaran McLaughlin said Saturday. She had been pointing to a start in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint on Nov. 2 at Santa Anita. McLaughlin said that It’s Tricky came out of a Thursday workout at Belmont Park with the beginnings of a condylar fracture to her right hind ankle. She will not need surgery. “She will be retired and sent home,” said McLaughlin, who trained It’s Tricky for Sheikh Mohammed’s Godolphin Racing. [BREEDERS' CUP 2012: DRF top 10 lists, video replays, latest news] It’s Tricky, a daughter of Mineshaft out of the Tale of the Cat mare Catboat, won 8 of 14 career starts and earned $1,666,500. At 3, she won the Acorn and Coaching Club American Oaks – both Grade 1 races – and finished second in the Alabama, Cotillion, and Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic. This year, It’s Tricky won 3 of 5 starts, including the Grade 1 Ogden Phipps at Belmont, Grade 2 Top Flight, and Grade 2 Distaff at Aqueduct. It’s Tricky may have run her most courageous race in the Grade 1 Personal Ensign on Aug. 25 at Saratoga when she stumbled badly at the start and finished third, 1 1/2 lengths behind Love and Pride. She finished her career with a runner-up finish to Royal Delta in the Grade 1 Beldame on Sept. 29. “It was a great career,” McLaughlin said. “It’s hard to win Grade 1’s and she was a multiple Grade 1 winner.” It’s Tricky had her quirks about her, she would sometimes act up and wheel during her morning training. “She was tricky at times, but a fun tricky when she runs as well as she did,” McLaughlin said. “She will be missed around the barn. She was a barn favorite even though she had her moments.” McLaughlin and Godolphin will still be represented at the Breeders’ Cup with the quartet of Questing, Alpha, Emcee, and Fortify.