Vardy, winner of last season’s L’Ormarins Queen’s Plate and expected to be one of the favourites for South Africa’s premier mile race in January, will be out of action for several months after suffering an injury to his near-fore suspensory.
Trainer Adam Marcus, speaking at Kenilworth on Saturday, said:
“It’s not career-ending but he has a small lesion in the suspensory branch on his near-fore. I’ve dealt with injuries like this before and they take a lot of TLC but I am hoping that we can get him back on the course.
“The lesion is something that can heal with time and we picked it up immediately. We will give him the time he deserves. He is a gelding, and lightly raced – and we still hope that we can bring him back to his best.
“But for the moment one step at a time. We will rescan in two months and then we will be able to see the speed at which the injury is healing.”
Marcus disclosed that this is not the first time the five-year-old has suffered a serious setback, saying:
“He is prone to issues. As a young horse he had surgery to remove chips from his near-fore knee and his off-fore fetlock. He is a big horse and this time he may have simply put his foot wrong during training.”
- Michael Clower writes for Kenilworth Racing
