The Mark Purdon and Natalie Rasmussen-trained 2yr-old showed she was as brave as she is talented when winning the group 1 Caduceus Club 2yr-old Fillies Classic on Friday night.
The filly fought through the pain barrier to win after standing on a nail that had been left on the racetrack.
After the race, a vet farrier and her trainers' attention quickly turned to assessing the puncture wound in her off-side hind hoof.
After being patched up, Princess Tiffany returned to her normal work routine over the weekend.
But that does not mean the star filly is out of the woods yet, Mosgiel co-owner Phil Creighton said.
``She worked pretty well and ate up [on Sunday], but that is pretty normal.''
``Its the next couple of days we have to worry about whether there is any infection.''
Antibiotic treatment has helped to stave off a major infection so far, but it could still develop in the wound.
Creighton is disappointed more care was not taken to prevent nails being left on the Alexandra Park track when building work was close by.
``It's pretty careless to have a builder's nail on the track when they work beside them.''
The Auckland Trotting Club released a statement that said the track and surrounding areas would be swept by a metal scanning company.
The statement indicates that the track was recently upgraded and that the nail could have come into the track via trucks carrying new shell-based track surfacing.
The club backed up its claim by saying the nail found in Princess Tiffany's foot was caked in shell.
However, it is still a big possibility that the nail did come from the an adjacent building site and became caked in shell after being worked into the track by grooming machinery.
Co-trainer Mark Purdon is not buying the story the shell suppliers and their trucks are to blame.
``It's probably more likely that it has come from the building that is going on,'' he told NZ Harness News.
