CARDIGAN BAY

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29766, 8 March 1962, Page 5

CARDIGAN BAY

Racing Days I Over? “The Press’’ Special Service ! AUCKLAND, Mar. 7. Cardigan Bay is unlikely ito race again. If he does, it will not be in New Zealand. Mr M. B, Dean, of Auckland, whose wife owns the horse, said today it would be i “only wishful thinking” to suggest Cardigan Bay had a j chance of making a comei back. I Cardigan Bay suffered ■ severe injuries last week i when he slipped and fell after bolting in training on , the eve of the third series iof qualifying races for the i Inter-Dominion ChampionI ships at Perth, Western Aus- ! tralia. i Mr Dean said that the I horse was in a sorry state • for two or three days after the accident. “He couldn’t I walk at all," he said. "He | was getting around a little ’ bit when my wife and I I left Perth last week-end. but veterinary surgeons who ex- . amined him said his chances , of racing again were remote i “If he does recover, he [ will not come back to New ! Zealand. There is not much 'point in it. For a horse on ' his mark, there are practic--1 ally no suitable races here." Mr Dean said he was not i interested in sending Cardigan Bay to the United States i —even if the horse were fit. i “The terms did not appeal to us at all,” he said. I Cardigan Bay will remain in Perth for about six weeks 'He will then be taken to Sydney, where his injured hip will be X-rayed. After- ; wards, he will be turned out for six or eight months. If there is no chance of his standing another racing preparation. he will be brought i home.