Complex sentence: He returned after an absence of a year to run sixth on dirt at Urawa in January 1996 and was pulled-up with an injury on his final start at Funabashi on 27 Januay 1997.
Split into simpler sentences: He returned after an absence of a year to run sixth on dirt at Urawa. In January 1996 and was pulled-up with an injury on his final start at Funabashi on 27 Januay 1997.