£10million Cockney Rebel

[my miss storm cat]

A shame...


REBEL BLOW FOR HUFFER
By PA Sport Staff
Sporting Life

Cockney Rebel has met with a major setback after fracturing his off-side pelvis at Royal Ascot on Tuesday.

Geoff Huffer's dual Guineas hero suffered the injury when finishing fifth in the St James's Palace Stakes, where he hung badly left in the closing stages.

Although the initial prognosis on Tuesday morning was a pulled muscle in Cockney Rebel's hind-quarters, a subsequent scan revealed the injury to be worse than expected.

"We got him to the surgery this morning and gave him a scan which showed the fracture," Huffer said on Wednesday.

"It's not life-threatening, but that's racing I'm afraid.

"It's too early to say, but he could be out for a month or two.

"He will have the best treatment any horse can have and will be brought back as good as ever - if not better."