By Brittany Graham\u00a0<\/p>\n
Australian trotting megastar Keayang Zahara will miss this year’s Renwick Farms Dominion Trot at Addington on Tuesday, November 10.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The now five-year-old mare pulled up short in her action after training on Wednesday, with further testing revealing an issue in a hind leg.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“She has a slight strain in her back leg” said a deflated co-trainer Paddy Lee this morning.<\/p>\n
“She will have a six to eight week spell and get that right again, so she will miss the Dominion Trot”.<\/p>\n
The long-time favourite for the $400,000 feature and the winner of 28 of her 29 starts was only a matter of weeks away from a trial on a campaign that centred around getting her to Addington once again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Lee-trained mare wowed Kiwis in 2024 when she demolished her rivals in the inaugural running of The Ascent before then clean sweeping the New Zealand Trotting Oaks and Derby.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She was last seen in April when winning the TAB Trot at Cambridge.<\/p>\n
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