Kryptonite's ‘Super' Return One To Savour

WA trainer Corey White almost shed a tear when Kryptonite ran 29.65 to win a 5^th Grade at Cannington last Saturday night.

White knows only too well the ability the dog has, but also the incredible journey he has been through to get back to the racetrack.

The son of Aussie Infrared and Scott Something has raced only 27 times since his debut way back on December 13, 2023.

"I thought he was going to be something pretty good as a very young dog," White said.

FIELDS AND FORM CANNINGTON SATURDAY NIGHT

"He'd won a Novice at Cannington in 20.70 so I took a gamble and put him into a heat of the Perth Cup."

Kryptonite dashed to the front in the Cup heat but went amiss, a broken scapula found to be the cause.

"We spent months and months caring for him to bring him back to the track," White reflected.

"By this time he had missed so many of the Group age races, but when he ran 29.30 at his first start back at Northam, I decided to send him to Sydney."

Kryptonite went to Sam Sultana with the Group 1 Vic Peters Classic his target in June of 2024.

"It was the last of the age races he was eligible for," he added.

"I flew over just to handle him in the heat and on the night I could feel he was right on top of his game."

He shot three in front heading through the catching pen only to break a hock.

"He was operated on and spent the next six weeks with Sam before we could even contemplate bringing him back to WA," White said.

Months passed and Corey started walking machine work twice a day, then free galloping, and finally full training.

His first win back came at Cannington in 29.99 on January 29 this year.

"But, he pulled up sore in his wrist and that needed eight weeks to get right," he said.

"This dog has really been through the ringer."

But, Kryptonite is back and his past two wins at Mandurah in 27.20 and Cannington last Saturday night in 29.65 have given White reason to be more than pleased with the dog and the results of his care and attention to him.

"We will never know just what he could have achieved," he said. "He probably should have won $150,000 by now.

"Along the way he has also torn webbing and gone sore in a stopper tendon."

But, Kryptonite is back and winning and White says he's a "good thing" at Cannington again on Saturday night.