Famous Roman To Miss WA Carnival
- Tuesday, 09 November 2010 00:23
Leading Western Australian galloper Famous Roman will play no further part in this year’s Perth Festival Of Racing after Racing Wagering Western Australia (RWWA) stewards yesterday found the galloper to have suffered a bleeding attack on Saturday.
Famous Roman won the $202,000 Group 2 Lee Steere Stakes (1400m) at Ascot on Saturday but stewards noted blood from both nostrils following the race.
Trainer Jason Taylor said this may have occurred as the six-year-old struck his head on a bar in the roof of his horse truck on the way to the races.
But an endoscopic report yesterday confirmed “a mild to moderate amount” amount of blood present in both nostrils without any evidence of external trauma.
As it is the first time Famous Roman has bled, he will now incur the mandatory three month ban from racing.
By Danetime out of Marooned mare Famous Friend, Famous Roman has raced 34 times for seven victories and seven placings with prizemoney in excess of $500,000.
He was eighth in the elimination order for this month’s $1 million Group 1 Railway Stakes (1600m).
