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Embellish the Lace out of Breeders’ Cup Distaff
Barbara D. Livingston Alabama Stakes winner Embellish the Lace will miss the Breeders' Cup Distaff due to an injury, according to trainer Tony Dutrow.
ELMONT, N.Y. – Embellish the Lace, the winner of the Grade 1 Alabama, came out of her fifth-place finish in last Saturday’s Grade 1 Cotillion at Parx with an injury and will not make the Breeders’ Cup Distaff, trainer Tony Dutrow said Thursday.
Instead, Embellish the Lace will be offered for sale at the Fasig-Tipton November sale.
“She has an injury that will keep her out of the Breeders’ Cup,” said Dutrow, who declined to disclose the injury. “She could be rehabbed and brought back to the races, but [owner Alex Lieblong] has chosen not to do that.”
Embellish the Lace, a daughter of Super Saver, was a $320,000 yearling purchase out of the 2013 Keeneland September yearling sale. She won 3 of 6 races and earned $441,540.