Three-time Group 1 winner Gingernuts (NZ) (Iffraaj {GB}) has progressed in his recovery from a fractured pastern and is slated to return to New Zealand this coming week, owner Te Akau Racing tweeted on Sunday.
“…Jerry is coming home,” Te Akau tweeted on Sunday. “Later next week–we are beside ourselves with joy! Yes, he is now an honorary Australian with all that care.”
The 2017 G1 New Zealand Derby/G1 Rosehill Guineas victor, who has been nicknamed Jerry by Te Akau, sustained the injury going to the post of the G1 Emirates S. at Flemington on Nov. 11. His surgery was successful at the University of Melbourne Veterinary Clinic at Werribee and he convalesced at the nearby King's Park Equine Clinic. Infection set in around one of the screws in his left foreleg, but the G1 Windsor Park Plate winner responded to more treatment, much to the delight of his many owners and many fans. His racing career is undecided.
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