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Fairytale Queensland mare Adiella recovering from staph infection
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Elite Queensland mare Adiella is recovering from a nasty staph infection and won't be back at the races until next year.
Adiella was last seen winning the $500,000 Magic Millions National Classic at Eagle Farm during the Queensland winter carnival and was then set to line up as a fairytale Group 1 Tatt's Tiara contender for her Toowoomba hobby trainer John Dann.
But Adiella didn't take her place in the Group 1 as she banged her back leg and suffered bruising and swelling in the week of the race.
One thing led to another.
'It turned really toxic ... she got a staph infection in her joint and things weren't good there for a while,' Dann said.
'We are getting her over that infection, we seem to have got on top of it and next week she will go to the paddock for eight weeks.
'The vets are happy enough with her and they say she will race again but that won't be this year.'
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Trainer John Dann (second from left). Picture: Grant Peters, Trackside Photography.
Meanwhile, Dann is hoping to strike a blow with Quothquan in Saturday's $150,000 Townsville Cup (2000m).
Quothquan was one of the leading fancies in the Mackay Cup last month but didn't have any luck and finished fourth.
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The gelding has drawn barrier 11 in the Townsville Cup and TAB fixed odds has him listed as a $7 chance.
'This horse can't draw a good barrier, so we are hoping there is a bit of speed so he can tuck in somewhere in the run,' Dann said.
'It's probably no stronger than the Mackay Cup.
'We had a tough run in the Mackay Cup, we were four and five-wide for the trip.
'We have got another bad barrier to deal with, but if he has some luck this time he will be in the finish.
'He has done well since the Mackay Cup where he had a horror run.'
Originally published as Fairytale Queensland mare Adiella recovering from 'toxic' staph infection
