Lazarus to miss Western Australia Pacing Cup but appears to be back on trackJOSEPH JOHNSON/STUFF Champion pacer Lazarus is improving but will miss Friday night's Western Australia Pacing Cup. An injury which threatened to derail a potential summer of glory for superstar pacer Lazarus is looking like being back on track despite missing a Western Australia feature this weekend. "I'm not sure what we can exactly put it down to. READ MORE: Bruising likely to rule Lazarus out of races"Perhaps the different nature of the ground over here, but he was pretty lame." That lameness means Lazarus would miss the Western Australia Pacing Cup this weekend and Purdon is now much more optimistic about the chance of his champion pacer starting in both the Hunter Cup and Miracle Mile next month.

Source: Stuff January 16, 2018 06:00 UTC