Does this taint the Travers?

Originally Posted by somerfrost

Not true, injuries that occur in a hard race often don't show up until the next day! Horses are athletes, they know when they are gonna race and the adrenalin rush can often mask an injury until later...that's why any trainer will always answer questions about future plans by adding, "lets see how he comes out of this race!"

Sure ...

... but injuries can also occur when a horse isn't racing.

In this case ... as in most ... we'll never know ... 'cause the horses never tell us.