Michael Owen and Andrew Black's Brown Panther (GB) (Shirocco {Ger}), ruled out of this week's G1 Gold Cup at Royal Ascot due to injury, could be back in time for a title defense of the G1 Irish St Leger in September, trainer Tom Dascombe has reported.
“He's been bone-scanned and the good news is it's not career-threatening and it's not life-threatening,” the conditioner said. “The horse is going to be OK, which is the main thing. We'll see how he is when he's fully recovered, but there's a chance he could go back for the Irish St Leger. There's also the [G2 British Champions Long Distance Cup] on Champions Day at Ascot in October.”
The 7-year-old entire showed he is still at the top of his game in March when running away with Meydan's G2 Dubai Gold Cup, but Dascombe said the decision on a 2016 campaign would come at a later time.
“We'll just wait and see how he is,” he said. “Whether we race on for another year is another issue.”
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