A cautiously excited Michael Pitman has been given the green light from his surgeon to travel to Melbourne today to watch Savvy Coup contest the Gr.1 Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley tomorrow.
"I get out of the hospital this afternoon and I'm on a flight first thing tomorrow morning," Pitman said yesterday.
"I'm not sure whether it's the right thing to be doing but that's what I'm doing. I've just got to take it easy and pace myself a bit, but I'll be right.
"It's an opportunity not to be missed, it's just massive."
Pitman, whose battle with bowel cancer has been well publicised, had surgery on Monday and has been recuperating in hospital since.