Four-time Golden Slipper winning trainer Clarry Conners is a hard man to keep down.Conners spent Melbourne Cup week in a Sydney hospital where he underwent surgery after severely injuring his knee when he slipped over in the shower.He will be in plaster until after Christmas and has limited mobility but it hasn't stopped him finding a way to keep a close eye on his horses."I've hired one of those motorised scooters so I can zip around and annoy everyone," Conners said."I went to the (barrier) tr

Four-time Golden Slipper winning trainer Clarry Conners is a hard man to keep down.

Conners spent Melbourne Cup week in a Sydney hospital where he underwent surgery after severely injuring his knee when he slipped over in the shower.

He will be in plaster until after Christmas and has limited mobility but it hasn't stopped him finding a way to keep a close eye on his horses.

"I've hired one of those motorised scooters so I can zip around and annoy everyone," Conners said.

"I went to the (barrier) trials last week and sat in the car, I can't get up and down steps but I'm lucky I've got (trainer and son) Marc to help with things."

Conners is hoping classy mare Court can deliver him some early Christmas cheer when she resumes in the Macau Jockey Club Trophy (1150m) at Randwick's Kensington track on Saturday.

She has not raced since injuring herself in the Dane Ripper Stakes won by Chinchilla Rose at Eagle Farm in May but has won two recent barrier trials.

"She pulled up sore after that race so we decided to give her plenty of time," Conners said.

"She had a nice break, she went to Newhaven (Park) and then came back in and we haven't rushed her.

"It is the wrong time of year but if we'd left her out any longer it would have taken an age to get her going."

Court is a three-time winner at Group level having claimed the 2YO Classic at Doomben, and the Sapphire Stakes at Randwick and BTC Classic at Doomben during her three-year-old season.

However, Conners is the first to admit she needs to raise the bar even higher now she is a four-year-old mare.

"She raced against fillies before, now she has to take on older horses and she might find that a bit harder but she's got to step up the ladder," Conners said.

"She has really developed and looks beautiful.

"She's had two trials and gone well. Glyn Schofield has ridden in those and he's riding on Saturday.

"He's been very happy with her and says she is going great."

Court has been placed in two of her three first-up runs, including a luckless third to Bhutane Dane when she resumed at Rosehill last preparation.

She has barrier eight on Saturday and will face 11 rivals headed by Listed winners Wasted Emotions and Rubinda, the handy Prince Braeman and Double Dare.

Conners said Court would be aimed at the Listed Razor Sharp Hcp (1200m) at Randwick on December 19 before being given a short break in preparation for an autumn campaign.