Monet's Garden progress gives homecoming hope

Monet's Garden: battling infection

  PICTURE: John Grossick  Owner David Wesley Yates visited the hugely popular chaser on Friday at the Oaklands Veterinary Centre in Yarm in North Yorkshire, where his 13-year-old has been delighting vets with his recovery.

"Without getting too carried away, he is certainly going the right way and I am hoping that before too long they can bring him home back to Greystoke," he said.

"If he continues the way he is doing this next week we will have a look by the end of the week and maybe just think about something like that. Wouldn't that be fantastic? And what a homecoming he will get!"

Wesley Yates, who defied the advice of two different vets to have Monet's Garden put down when the infection was diagnosed, had not been to visit the grey for a while and said: "He was in good form and his wellbeing was very encouraging. It was the first time I had seen him for a few weeks and I noticed the difference."

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Monet's Garden 'stable and in good spirits'

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Top-class chaser Monet's Garden battles for life

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Monet's retired after life-threatening infection

 By David Baxter 1:17PM 4 JAN 2011 MONET'S GARDEN, the popular top-class chaser who took his third Old Roan Chase this season, is battling for his life after suffering an infection in his hoof.

Connections have announced the retirement of the 13-year-old three-time Grade 1 winner who, with bold-jumping displays and characteristic determination that saw him claim Kauto Star as a notable scalp in October 2007, became one of the most popular racehorses of recent times.

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Speaking on Tuesday afternoon, owner David Wesley Yates told racingpost.com: "He's been having treatment at Oaklands Veterinary Centre for several weeks. He was found lame after winning atAintree in his off-fore and there is an infection which has spread to the bone

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