Mark Twain is nearing the end of his rehabilitation from a tendon injury, with connections setting their sights on a Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) campaign in 2025.
OTI Racing director Terry Henderson shared this week that the rehabilitation program, successfully utilised by other stablemates with similar injuries, boasts a comeback success rate of approximately 70 percent—offering strong hope for Mark Twain’s return to racing.
“He’s close to the end of his rehabilitation with Matty Williams, and he looks good as he finishes off,” Henderson told Racing.com.
“What happens now is that he will have six weeks in the paddock, and then Matty will give him four or five weeks’ work before he goes back to (trainer) Roger (James).
“So it’ll be about three months before he gets back to Roger, and that will allow him a good, slow build-up to the spring.
“The (rehabilitation) process has worked well. We’ve had a number of horses go through it, including last Saturday’s winner Karburan, and we are running at about 70 percent (success rate).
“If you can get them back for four or five runs, we call it a success, so fingers crossed.”
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