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Connections of Passenger are hopeful that he will return to racing next year, as early signs in his recovery from a recent injury setback are encouraging.
Sir Michael Stoute’s colt had a disrupted season after an impressive comeback at Chester, and was making only his second start of the year when he sustained a condylar fracture while finishing third in the York Stakes in late July.
After being safely pulled up by jockey Richard Kingscote following the Group Two race, Passenger underwent surgery to address the injury and is now in the recovery phase.
The initial prognosis is promising, and his team is optimistic that the son of Ulysses will resume his racing career in 2025 once he has fully recovered.
Alan Cooper, racing manager for owners the Niarchos family, 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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