Off the radar since winning a race back in March despite suffering a bad leg injury in the running, Moritz Eclipse is making his racing comeback this Friday.
The son of Darci Brahma returned to the stables with a deep gash to the tendon sheath of his off-hind after winning the Class 3 Division 2 race over 1200m. In disbelief how his ward overcame the pain barrier to still punch through the line, trainer Steven Burridge was at the same time gutted such a useful sort would be on the sidelines for a while.
Five months later, Moritz Eclipse will be back racing in the S$80,000 Class 3 race over 1100m, and looking and feeling as good as new, with the Australian handler just hoping the six-year-old will come through that first run after his injury-enforced layoff without a hitch.
“He got galloped on during that race. He came back with the tendon sheath to his back leg badly cut,” said Burridge.
“He raced through the pain to still win the race, which was pretty amazing. That to me is a sign of a good horse.
“He had a cast on the injured leg for six weeks and we’ve slowly brought him back after he fully recovered.
“It’s going to be his first run this Friday, and Harry (A’Isisuhairi Kasim), who won on him at his last start, will ride him again. He knows the horse well as he rode him at all his four wins.” -STC