Injured: sprinter Lankan Rupee. Photo: Vince Caligiuri
Top sprinter Lankan Rupee will miss the Schillaci Stakes at Caulfield after picking up a minor injury and will go into the Manikato Stakes on Cox Plate eve without another run.
Mick Price, the champion galloper's trainer, was reported as saying the gelding had sustained a quarter crack on the inside heel of his off front leg.
Price revealed that while the five-year-old had missed work on Wednesday, he went through his paces on Thursday and seemed in good fettle. However the trainer is reluctant to run him before the group 1 Manikato. The trainer has reported the incident to Racing Victoria stewards.