Group 2 Autumn Stakes (1400m) winner Snow Patrol is likely to miss his autumn campaign after suffering a knee injury.
The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained four-year-old, owned by Ace Bloodstock, has been sidelined following the setback.
The son of Contributer has not raced competitively since finishing seventh in the Group 3 Gunsynd Classic (1600m) at Eagle Farm on June 15, though he did have a barrier trial at Rosehill in early October, finishing in the same position.
“They’re going to put him in a paddock for a month and let him rest up,” Ace Bloodstock’s syndicate manager Darcy Mangan told Racing.com.
“He was on his way up to Sydney, they just thought he was a little bit off and they did a scan and there was a fracture.
“I’d say he will probably miss the autumn.”
The setback comes as a blow to connections, with Snow Patrol showing significant promise earlier in his career.
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