Rostropovich Making ‘Excellent Progress’

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Rostropovich

remains in a veterinary clinic after suffering a pelvis injury in the , but the has given a positive report on his condition.

Five-year-old Rostropovich, trained by Lindsay Park's David and and , finished a long last in 's Melbourne Cup at after being eased down by Dwayne Dunn.

said on Tuesday afternoon that vets at the University of Melbourne Equine Centre determined the horse sustained a stress fracture in his pelvis.

Lindsay Park Racing posted on Tuesday the for a full recovery was good and on Wednesday reported the horse was making excellent progress.

“Rostropovich continues to make excellent progress under the care of the team at U-Vet Werribee Equine Centre,” Lindsay Park Racing said on Twitter.

“He is comfortable, bearing weight on all four limbs and eating and drinking well. The outlook is very positive.”

Rostropovich was running in the Melbourne Cup for the second time having finished fifth in 2018 when trained by Irishman Aidan O'Brien.

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