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Dunno if it was mentioned on here but he’s a horse close to my heart and one I’ll be creating in the horses section. Only found this out now but it was inevitable with his injuries and problems.
Weekend Hussler, the superstar of Australian racing in the 2007-2008 season, has run his last race.
Clinton McDonald, son of trainer Ross, said the decision had been made after the six-year-old worked at Mornington on Tuesday.
“We’re just not 100 per cent happy,” McDonald said.
“He worked enormous, but we just don’t think the joint is going to hold up, so we don’t want to do any damage.
“We’ve pushed as much as we’re prepared to push it. We’ll stop it there.”
Weekend Hussler, winner of 12 of his 21 starts, has been haunted with leg injuries, which have restricted him to four starts in the past two years since he started favourite in the 2008 Caulfield Cup.
After embarking on a comeback in February’s Oakleigh Plate, only to be spelled again, Weekend Hussler returned to the track in the Gilgai Stakes at Flemington on October 3, when he finished 10th behind Hay List.
Clinton McDonald said that Weekend Hussler would forever be remembered as a champion who won seven Group I races during an extraordinary 12 months.
Weekend Hussler burst on the scene with five successive wins in the spring of 2007, including the Caulfield Guineas.
“It’s not sad,” McDonald said.
“He’s been a superstar. He won seven Group Is and $3.1 million.”
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