Namibian out of St Leger Stakes as he is sidelined for the rest of the season says trainer Mark Johnston
The 3-year-old bay colt Namibian will be sidelined for the rest of the season after undergoing colic treatment at Equine Hospital at Newmarket, his trainer revealed on 26 August, 2011.
This means that Namibian will not run in the Ladbrokes Group 1 St Leger Stakes at Doncaster entirely for colts and fillies.
The 1 mile and 6 furlong event will commence on 10 September, 2011. The race attracted the likes of Aidan O’Brien trained Wonder of Wonders and Seville.
The son of Cape Cross, out of Disco Volante by Sadler’s Wells, Namibian has won 2 races out of his last 3 starts.
His first win was the first for the season at Ascot in the Group 3 Queen’s Vase over a distance of 2 miles on a ground labelled as Good to Soft on 17 June, 2011.
Under jockey Silvestre De Sousa, the pair ran a good race in the field of 11 runners, narrowly led inside the final furlong gamely, and gained a slender lead with 110 yards to go while drifting on the left side.
It was an intriguing dual in the end with the tough challenge from Solar Sky, but Namibian kept him at bay to win the race by a neck.
However, the colt’s best win of his career came right after the Group 3 Queen’s Vase in the Group 3 Gordon Stakes at Goodwood on a ground labelled good.
The distance for Gordon Stakes was 1 mile and 4 furlongs at the race went on 26 July, 2011.
Sent at 7 to 1 Namibian took keen hold of the proceedings right from the outset and ridden an effort with 2 furlongs to go. Put under strong drive by jockey Silvestre De Sousa, Namibian started clearing out the field with 1 furlong out.
The colt battled on very gamely and prevailed to win over Fiorente by a neck.
Unfortunately Namibian will miss the rest of 2011 because he has gone under major abdominal surgery. The colt will remain under intensive care for a few days and hopefully the colt will be discharged without any complications, and recover for the rest of
the season.
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