Coneygree continues to recover
Sunday 17 January 2016 12:19, UK
Coneygree is likely to be ridden out in the next two weeks as the 2015 Cheltenham Gold Cup hero continues on the road to recovery.
The Mark Bradstock-trained nine-year-old was a brilliant winner on his seasonal reappearance at Sandown in early November, but missed the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury later that month and has since been ruled out for the remainder of the campaign due to hock issues.
After spending time at the Newmarket Equine Hospital, Coneygree returned to Bradsock's Oxfordshire yard over Christmas and is delighting his trainer with his progress.
"I'm really pleased with him. We're just starting leading him out and we'll probably start riding him out again in 10 days or a fortnight to get his rehabilitation going again," said Bradstock. "We're taking it steady. We've got all the time in the world."
