• Gold Cup winner injures tendon in Punchestown build-up
• ‘I’m very hopeful he can race again later next season’Don Cossacks trainer,Gordon Elliott, is clinging to the hope that his nine-year-old, and a brilliant winner of the Gold Cup at Cheltenham final month,can recover from an injury discovered on Sunday morning after a workout on the gallops near his stables at Longwood, Co Meath.“He gave himself a knock on the gallops and obviously his season is over, and Elliott said. “I’ve had him since he was a five-year-old and he’s been such a professional. What’s happened is not ideal but I’m very hopeful he can race again later next season.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com