A decision on the racing future of star NSW sprinter Tommy Brislane is likely at the end of the month.
Last year’s double Group winner (pictured, white rug), one of the country’s most precocious and explosive talents of recent years, has been off the track since September last year due to injury.
The chaser has been undergoing an intensive treatment program in an attempt to regain full fitness.
Trainer Steve White said Tommy Brislane had made “Massive improvements” but said any decision on a possible return to the track would be made shortly.
“We will make a final decision at the end of the month,” White said.
“We’ve done a lot of walking and a lot of swimming with him, especially over the last month. We just want to keep improving with him.
“I would say he has made a 65 per cent improvement so far and he is nearly there. We will keep an open mind for now and see if he stands up to it.”
The career of the 2014 Group 1 Dapto Megastar and Group 2 Bob Payne Spring Sprint winner was thrown into doubt after he sustained a chipped stopper bone preparing for the Group 1 Topgun.
A son of Premier Fantasy x Mary Virginia, Tommy Brislane had 12 wins and two minor placings from 16 starts and secured more than $160,000 in prizemoney.
Watch Tommy Brislane’s Dapto Megastar win here.
His sparkling run of success since debuting in April last year had earned Tommy Brislane a nomination for the 2014 NSW Greyhound of the Year award.
The sprinter's last run was a superb victory over a class field in the Bob Payne Spring Sprint (520m) in a sizzling 29.70, one of his nine sub-30 second runs over the distance at Wentworth Park.
White has consulted fellow trainer and renowned greyhound fitness assessor Jason Mackay about the chaser’s condition and believes a racing return is still possible.
“He has made Massive improvements,” the Nowra Hill trainer said.
“Looking at the X-rays has given me confidence that we are making in-roads to getting him fit.
“He is chomping at the bit (so) we’ve got our fingers crossed.”
