Wait A Sec
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Injury has ended an outstanding season for the Hawke’s Bay galloper Wait A Sec.
“He’s got a slight strain on the outside of his tendon,” said Grant Cullen, who trains the Group One winner with Guy Lowry. “We’ve put him aside and hopefully we can have him back racing in the spring.”
A last-start success in the Wairoa Cup (2100m) had boosted the confidence in Wait A Sec’s Gr.1 Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Cup (3200m) hopes before he suffered the injury.
“He sure was going the right way, but that’s the way it goes and he’s done a great job for us,” Cullen said.
Wait A Sec won five races this season, including the Gr.1 Livamol Classic (2040m) on his home track and the Gr.3 Anniversary (1600m) at Trentham.