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QE Stakes winner Lucia Valentina retired
AAP
Triple Group One winner Lucia Valentina has been retired after suffering a leg injury and will go to stud to be served by Fastnet Rock.
The mare was due to run in Saturday's Emirates Stakes (2000m) at Flemington but trainer Kris Lees announced on Tuesday she would be retired.
Lucia Valentina won the 2014 Vinery Stud Stakes and Turnbull Stakes and earlier this year took out Sydney's richest race, the $4 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes.