He said: “He is fine. What he did in the last furlong is he got close with the Aga Khan’s horse (Vazirabad) and he came across and struck Stradivarius and pulled his shoe off
“There is a clip on it and it went up in his foot so it pierced the sole of his foot.
The four-year-old held off the challenge of French raider Vazirabad to score by three quarters of a length.
Godsen said: “He is fine. What he did in the last furlong is he got close with the Aga Khan’s horse (Vazirabad) and he came across and struck Stradivarius and pulled his shoe off
“There is a clip on it and it went up in his foot so it pierced the sole of his foot."
The foot was poulticed and Stradivarius is expected to recover quickly.
Credit: Ritesh Jamkhedkar ritesh.jamkhedkar@secretariatsworld.com