Grandouet: medicine went good to flush liquid from an infection in his leg
PICTURE: John Grossick (racingpost.com/photos)
GRANDOUET was “walking comfortably” on Wednesday following teenager medicine to empty liquid from his nearby rear fetlock joint, though his coming in a Stan James Champion Hurdle stays in doubt.
Trainer Nicky Henderson told racingpost.com that a preference on either he will be run during a Cheltenham Festival is expected to be done by a weekend.
Henderson added: “The medicine went good to flush liquid from a infection, that is within a corner itself. With that tragedy expelled a equine is walking comfortably.
“However, to have a picturesque possibility of creation a Champion Hurdle he needs to be behind in movement by a weekend since he has missed a coupleof days. We’ll give him each possibility to get there, though if he can’t he can’t.”
Grandouet is as brief as 6-1 third-favourite for a Champion Hurdle.
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