War of Attrition on the way back
Mouse Morris’ chaser was denied the opportunity of defending his crown at Prestbury Park last season due to a tendon injury. But after undergoing stem cell regeneration treatment, he was sent for a crucial scan recently that showed his injury to be healing well.
“They were very pleased with the scan and we have managed to up his work rate, so everything is progressing well,” Morris told At The Races.
“I don’t know what David Chapman-Jones (vet) does but he appears to have worked miracles, the scan was absolutely clear.
“We’ve been very cautious with him, but we are stepping him up. He does about an hour in the morning and an hour in the evening, walking and trotting, most of it is all hill work.
“I wouldn’t like to make any statements about when he will be back, but the news made me a very happy man.”
Meanwhile John Oxx has considered the options for his two classy fillies Arch Swing and Four Sins and American campaigns could be in mind for the pair.
Arch Swing has been competing over a mile, with her career highlight being a second place to Finsceal Beo in the 1000 Guineas. She was recently fourth in the Matron Stakes but upgraded to third after a disqualification
Four Sins, who was fourth to Light Shift in the Epsom Oaks, recorded a narrow Group Two success in last Friday’s Blandford Stakes at the Curragh.
“I think Arch Swing is crying out for an increase in distance and now there is either the Sun Chariot at Newmarket (October 6) or a couple of races across the pond,” explained Oxx.
“There’s a race called the Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Keeneland (October 13) and there’s the E.P. Taylor at Woodbine (October 21).”
“I am not quite sure about Four Sins – there are no immediate plans as her last run was the big objective.
