By Dave Di Somma – Harness News Desk
At a time when punters and racing fans have been starved of action this side of the Tasman, star Western Australian and Kiwi bred pacer Chicago Bull is set to make a return to the track.
The now seven-year-old and one-time New Zealand Cup favourite will turn out in a nine-horse mobile pace over 2536 metres in the early hours of tomorrow morning at Gloucester Park in Perth.
As COVID-19 has stopped all racing here and many meetings have been abandoned in other parts of Australia, Chicago Bull’s return has gone largely under the radar.
Bred by Winton trainers John and Katrina Price and John’s parents Roger and Helen Price, the son of Bettor’s Delight and Chicago Blues had seven starts for two wins in New Zealand before going to Gary Hall senior’s stable in Western Australia.
Overall he has won 43 times from 66 starts, winning more than $1.7 million.
In 2018 Chicago Bull stormed into New Zealand Cup favouritism after a win at Alexandra Park, only for the horse to have a bad response to treatment the next day. It flipped over, breaking vertebrae in his wither.
At the time Gary Hall senior said “he fractured six of them, and totally displaced two of them. He’s a got a hole in the place they were.”
After many months of recovery he’s since returned to racing, with his last effort a fourth out of 11 as the $1.55 favourite at Gloucester Park in June last year.
Once again Gary Hall Junior will take the reins behind “Bully”.
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