The Hand Of Faith, a member of the Ashburton stable of Len Faber, fractured a hind leg above the hock. He underwent surgery and had three pins inserted in the leg. He was then spelled for four months.
"We had him swimming for 10 weeks and he has been back on the track for three weeks," Calvin Fisher, his part-owner, said.
The Hand Of Faith finished third to Blood Brotha and The Jungle Boy in the NZ Cup (3200m). The Danske gelding was placed in seven of his eight starts last spring, including seconds in the NZ Cup Trial and Spring Classic at Riccarton.
• Kid Columbus is back swimming and jogging at Geelong after a month out of work with a tendon injury.
Kid Columbus was taken to Australia by Omakau trainer Murray Hamilton after winning the Great Western Hurdles at Riverton in May. Kid Columbus won the Grand National Hurdles at Riccarton 12 months ago and it was planned to race him in steeplechases in Victoria.
Cellmate, another member of the Geelong team, has bowed a tendon. Krakatoa has been sent to the stable of Justin Warwick in Perth for firmer tracks.
• Anzac Star, a dashing winner at Oamaru on Sunday, will now be spelled.
"He is not a Riccarton horse and needs a firm track so he can have a break," Paul Richards, his Wingatui trainer, said.
Anzac Star has also won at Wingatui (twice) and Washdyke from nine starts this season. He has now won seven races and $59,140 for Dunedin owner Ray Chalklin.
• Andrew Forsman will join Murray Baker in a training partnership at Cambridge from August 1. Forsman has been foreman for the stable.
• Peter Hurdle, the Awapuni trainer, will take up employment with Rosehill trainer John Hawkes from the start of next month. He has been training at Awapuni for 35 years after serving his apprenticeship as a jockey with Brian Deacon at Hawera.
Hurdle prepared Aerosmith, winner of the group one 1998 Wellington Cup and International Stakes at Te Rapa, Sandown Classic, Turnbull and Feehan stakes.
His son, Ryan, has transferred his apprenticeship to Robert Heathcote in Brisbane.
• Pentango and Romario, winners at Ruakaka on Saturday, have been entered for the mixed bloodstock sale at Karaka on Friday week.
Pentango, a 5yr-old Pentire-Close Embrace mare, has won three races. Romario, a 5yr-old gelding by Captain Rio-Wink At Me, has won three races.
• Wealthy Man, who changed hands for $12,000 at the 2007 South Island sale, gained his ninth win in Macau on Saturday.
He won the $NZ74,500 The Kalamoun (1400m) by two and a-half lengths, equalling the class record time of 1.20.2.
Wealthy Man was offered at the South Island sale by White Robe Lodge on behalf of Abingdon Thoroughbreds. He is by Danzighill from Tatts M'Name.
Wealthy Man, trained by Stephen Chow, has won the listed $NZ110,000 Macau Directors' Cup (1500m).
