Injured as opposed to not wanting to race. He like many top three year olds of that year had a torrid programme that year caused by abandoned racemeetings after they had travelled and then poor track conditions.
She has done extremely well against the best Aus has to offer (unlike Damask Rose), but a G1 win is the glittering prize. As you know, horses are unpredictable, look at Savaglee, a champion in waiting at 3, never came back at 4