Jaipur winner Oleksandra has splint bone injury

ELMONT, N.Y. – Oleksandra, who rallied from last to first to win the Grade 1 Jaipur in a near course record-setting time, was diagnosed with a fractured splint bone and will be confined to stall rest for two months, according to Barry Irwin, president of Team Valor International, which owns the Australian-bred mare.

“We hope to make the Breeders’ Cup,” said Irwin, who was hoping to run Oleksandra in the Grade 3, $200,000 Troy Stakes on Aug. 8 at Saratoga.

Irwin believes Oleksandra was injured soon after the start when Kanthaka, breaking from the inside under Jose Ortiz, came over and impeded Oleksandra, who broke inward a step.

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Irwin said he is not happy with what he believes is a habit of riders not maintaining a straight path with their horses, especially out of the gate, and with the track stewards’ inability to make them do so.

“I’m personally tired of this” stuff, Irwin said.