A chance read back in December delivered both good and bad news to Stephen Gray. The Kiwi trainer had been at his wits’ end about the loss of form of his dual Group 1 winner Hard Too Think in the 2022 season. With the naked eye, the 2021 Singapore Derby and...
After a prolific three-year-old season, Alligator Blood also saw his form slump. Vets discovered it was due to a kissing spine – a condition where the vertebrae touch or “kiss” each other.
While recent research found out that some chromosomes suggest kissing spines are hereditary, Gray was glad he went with his gut feel.“He had been spot-on and been working beautifully. But, though he was travelling well, he didn’t let down at his last few runs.“He went super first-up and ran a super Kranji Mile but he was not the same horse afterwards.
“But I thought maybe that’s it. We had his back X-rayed and, true enough, Hard Too Think also had it – it was a big fluke.” He eventually leant towards the latter, even if he knew Alligator Blood had surgery, and went on to win four Group 1 races, including the Stradbroke Handicap in 2022.
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