Speedy recovery by Grand Canyon
NZPA London The record-breaking NewZealand jumper, Grand Canyon. has made a rapid recovery from a leg injury received in winning his steeplechasing debut at Ascot last Saturday. ' 1 Grand Canyon left the course lame after his highlypraised win in the S. G. B. Handicap Chase . amid fears j that the injury could prove serious enough to disrupt his racing programme The eight-vear-old Oakville — Moataata gelding missed the whole of last
season through a leg injury but since his return has won each of his fou- starts in course record time — including a second win in the Colonial Cup in South Carolina. Yesterday his trainer. Derek Kent, said he was delighted about the horse's quick recovery. “I can’t believe it." he said. "My vet, Mike Ashton, the best leg vet in England, can find nothing wrong wiih him — and Mike’s no optimist. When we left Ascot I feared the worst. ,
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Press, 22 December 1978, Page 9
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