PASSETREUL INJURED
(K.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) MELBOURNE. Passetreul, a top CaulfieldMelbourne Cups prospect. Is suffering from a ricked back, which he injured in a rough plane flight from Sydney. He travelled with Gunsynd and the two-year-old Magic Beam, neither of which was injured. Passetreul will be scratched from the Herbert Power Handicap at Caulfield tomorrow, but his trainer, T. Hills, hopes to have him fit to run in the Coonga Handicap at Caulfield on Wednesday. Passetreul was In pain yesterday and received pain-relieving drugs from a veterinary surgeon. The trainer of Lord Nelson, J. Phillips, will take the unusual procedure of stepping back his horse to a distance of 1600 metres from the 2050 metres of the Cranbourne Cup, In an attempt to win the Toorak Handicap at Caulfield tomorrow. Success in the race would clinch a Caulfield Cup start for Lord Nelson.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33047, 14 October 1972, Page 8
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