Exciting young sprinter 'King Pulse' has returned to Mike Moroney's stables, after his Autumn and Spring were destroyed by the storm that lashed Flemington in early March.
After running a brilliant fourth behind 'Wanted' in the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap, King Pulse slipped on hailstones as he was returning to his stall, broke free, ran through the Flemington horse tunnel, and became wedged between two running rails.
Moroney remains uncertain what impact the scars from the storm will have on the lightly raced gelding.
Veterinarians and Moroney's staff were positive in all of their preliminary reports, but the acid would not be applied until King Pulse reached a trial.
"They say the shoulder injury has healed and just as long as that stays intact when the pressure goes on, but the dropped hip ... well, you just don't know until the pressure goes on", Moroney said.
Moroney will not nominate King Pulse for any race, until he can gauge how far the four year old has progressed.
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