By Peter Quilty
Ageless staying king Tornado Tears is a shock scratching from the Group 3 Sydney Cup (720m) at Wentworth Park on Friday night.
His bitterly disappointed trainer, Robert Britton, advised that the five-time G1 winner had stripped off a back pad winning a heat last week in 42.18sec.
“It’s very disappointing and I’d say he’ll be out for a few weeks… But we’ll have to see how it heals,” he said.
Britton’s hopes in the final now rest with Tornado Tears’ younger brother Here’s Tears, who clocked the fastest heat time defeating Victorian counterpart Sunset Bourbski by three and a half lengths in 42.16sec.
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Source:: https://www.grv.org.au/news/2020/10/15/tornado-out-of-sydney-cup/
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