Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m) winner Mornington Glory has been ruled out for the remainder of the autumn carnival due to an injury and limited race options.
“He wrenched a joint in his last piece of work before the Oakleigh Plate, and we weren’t 100 percent happy with him,” trainer Gavin Bedggood said.
“So he’d missed his target really, he doesn’t handle wet ground and is limited with the options he can be competitive in at his 1000 to 1100-metre distance range, and we just thought we’d be better off giving him a break and getting him ready for the Moir again.
“I’ve been around long enough to know you don’t win these races on afterthoughts.”
Mornington Glory’s journey has been remarkable, returning from retirement and overcoming a heart condition to claim Group 1 success.
Despite this latest setback, Bedggood remains optimistic about his future.
“He’s never had an unsound day in his life, but he had a bit of filling in that joint, so rather than patching him up at the beginning of a preparation,” he said.
“I think he was going every bit as good as his previous campaign. Nobody was more disappointed than me.”
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