Originally Posted by demister jay

This mornings West Australian reports that Plastered's managing-owner Janelle Harvey has revealed that Plastered is set for a radical operation to fix a serious respiratory problem.

Action in progress to send Plastered to a Victorian vet for surgery on his degenerating "lazy larynx". Ballarat specialist Ian Fulton will perform the surgery to reconstruct the larynx using nerves from other muscles.

A simpler operation could have been performed in Perth but was likely to have limited the horse's potential at his pet longer distances.

The surgery is likely to keep Plastered out of racing for at least a year.

The worst case scenario is that the 2004 Victoria Derby winner's career is over after nine wins in 15 starts and stake earnings of $1.55 million.