Super Seth (Dundeel) was already feeling ‘a bit brighter’ on Thursday morning after being struck by a ‘mild infection’.
Trainer Anthony Freedman on Wednesday afternoon scratched his star three-year-old from the Gr.1 Randwick Guineas after he was flat during a hand walk.
Assistant trainer Sam Freedman said they didn’t want to take any risks with Super Seth, deciding to ‘save him for another day’.
“We got onto it pretty quickly,” Freedman told RSN927.
“We took a blood and it showed a mild infection. We made the right decision by the horse to scratch him and get him right and save him for another day.
“He is in Sydney, he settled in well. He was nice and fresh out on the track Monday, he had an easy gallop Tuesday.
“Just Wednesday morning he wasn’t himself. We put him first and decided to pull the pin early in the week, treat him and get him right.
“Already this morning he was a bit brighter and hopefully we will have him back to 100 per cent soon. He ate his breakfast up this morning, we gave him another hand walk and a pick and he seemed to be a bit brighter.
“We will give him until the weekend and hopefully he will recover quickly and be right to get back out on the track Monday morning.”
Super Seth is not the first star three-year-old to suffer a setback this week, with Group One winner Alabama Express (Redoute’s Choice) taken to Werribee Veterinary Hospital with a virus.
Gun three-year-old Catalyst (NZ) (Darci Brahma) has also been sent to the paddock after he pulled up with four bruised fetlocks after the G1 Australian Guineas.
Freedman said there had been no plans made for Super Seth’s next run, even though the horse remains in the field for March 14’s All-Star Mile at Caulfield.
“It might be a little bit of an ask to travel the horse back to Melbourne on the back of this and go to The All-Star Mile,” Freedman said.
“But we will just get him right and see how long it takes for him to recover before we make any plans with him.”
