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Listed Mufhasa Stakes winner Romancer is on the comeback trail after being sidelined for the majority of the year.
The Redwood gelding sustained a minor leg injury just before the Gr.1 New Zealand Derby, which has taken longer to heal than expected.
“Romancer is back and doing extremely well at Donna’s (Logan, who trains in partnership with Chris Gibbs),” OTI Racing Director Terry Henderson said. “They are very happy with him.
“We don’t really have any plans with him, he might have a race in four weeks’ time, but we had a serious hiccup with him so we have just taken our time to get him back.”
Meanwhile, Henderson believes Night’s Watch could extend his unbeaten streak to three this time in when he lines-up in Adelaide on Saturday for trainer Darren Weir.
“He’s an enormously talented horse, but he is still relatively new to the game, so he just needs racing,” Henderson said.
“He’ll have a trip to Adelaide which will do him the world of good and he should go very close to winning over there and then we will bring him back over here (Melbourne) and find a mid-week city race for him.”