Flaxman Stables homebred and multiple group winner Passenger (Ulysses {Ire}) is recovering well from surgery and has started his rehabilitation, according to Niarchos family racing manager Alan Cooper.
A winner of three of his six starts, the G2 Huxley Stakes and G3 Winter Hill Stakes hero, who placed in the G2 Dante Stakes last year, sustained a condylar fracture when third to Alflaila (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}) in the G2 York Stakes on July 27. The Sir Michael Stoute trainee has since undergone surgery to repair the injury.
Cooper said, “He's come out of his surgery in good shape and is starting his rehab programme. That will take a bit of time but hopefully we will have him back next year.
“He had some screws put in the cannon bone to consolidate it and is now out of the clinic and starting his rehab.
“It's still early days yet, but the hope is we can get him back–and of course he will be carefully monitored along the way by the veterinary surgeons.”
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