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Belmont winner Rags to Riches retired

Rags to Riches, ridden by jockey John Valazquez, is lead to the winners circle after winning 139th running of the Belmont Stakes at the Belmont Racetrack on June 9, 2007 in Elmont, New York. Rags to Riches is the first filly in 102 years to win the race which is the third leg of the triple crown races. (UPI Photo/Monika Graff)
1 of 3 | Rags to Riches, ridden by jockey John Valazquez, is lead to the winners circle after winning 139th running of the Belmont Stakes at the Belmont Racetrack on June 9, 2007 in Elmont, New York. Rags to Riches is the first filly in 102 years to win the race which is the third leg of the triple crown races. (UPI Photo/Monika Graff) | License Photo

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla., March 24 (UPI) -- Rags to Riches, which won the Belmont Stakes last season, has been retired due to a hairline fracture in her right front leg, the horse's trainer said Monday.

Trainer Todd Pletcher said Rags to Riches still suffered from the fracture in the horse's right front pastern. The injury was originally diagnosed after Rags to Riches finished second to Lears Princess in the Gazelle Stakes last Sept. 15.

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Rags to Riches won five or her seven career starts and $1,342,528 in her short career. Included in the wins was last year's Belmont Stakes, when Rags to Riches beat Curlin, which was later named Horse of the Year. Rags to Riches was the third filly to win the Belmont in 139 runnings.

Rags to Riches also won the Santa Anita and Kentucky Oaks and was voted champion 3-year-old filly.

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