LEADING three-year-old Heavenly Blue has suffered a knee chip and has been withdrawn from the 2017 Vodacom Durban July.

Heavenly Blue, operation required.

Mike de Kock’s SA Gr1 SA Classic winner was injured in training and Mathew de Kock said this morning:  ‘He will require an operation and a long rest, so he will miss the rest of the season. We’re hoping to have him back for the big races in November, if not that, the Cape season in 2018.”