Trainer Harold Crawford is involved in a race against time to get Perovskia ready for the Vodacom Durban July after the Drill Hall winner was injured in last Saturday’s Cup Trial.
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Perovskia beats subsequent Gr1 winner Undercover Agent (Pic – Candiese Marnewick)
Michael Clower reports that the four-year-old dropped out in the straight and finished last but one, nearly seven lengths behind African Night Sky, and the veterinary examination ordered by the stipes showed a severe cut in the gelding’s left fore.
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Crawford said earlier this week: “As he turned into the straight I saw him change his legs as another horse gave him a bit of a bump. He wobbled a bit and then didn’t carry on.”
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“Any horse will stop when he is hit on the fetlock joint like that and he came back with a nasty wound on his left one. He is not lame or sore on it but he is feeling it. I don’t yet know whether or not I will get him ready in time but I will see how he improves this week.”
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