TOP STABLEMATES ON LONG ROAD BACK FROM INJURIES
Top class Overport Lodge stablemates, Master Lavros and Saveapatrol, are both making satisfactory progress on the comeback trail for next season.
Master Lavros, getting through water-walker and treadmill work as he begins his comeback.
Former Trotter of the Year and dual Dominion Handicap winner Master Lavros has begun excerising again after a hind suspensory injury derailed his season in Auckland in December.
“The leg scanned up real good,” Mark said.
“He looks like he will return to stable in a month as he has been at Brian Court’s on the water-walker and treadmill,” he said.
Master Lavros, who will be eight next term, has won 19 of 47 lifetime starts for $590,102.
Meanwhile, top pacer Saveapatrol, sidelined with a high tendon injury last September, has done well spelling on the hills.
Mark says spelling on a hill property has helped keep excess weight off the big Christian Cullen gelding.
“He scanned up good. He’s back jogging but its going to be a long slow prep with him,” he said.
Saveapatrol, a year younger than Master Lavros, has raced only 18 times for 11 wins and $145,618 in stakes.
All going well, he’ll have a good build-up through the winter and get his chance in November’s New Zealand Cup at Addington.
By Jeff Scott