TWO GOOD! Zahra wins back-to-back Melbourne Cups on Without a Fight as three horses pull up lame
Without a Fight completed the rare Caulfield Cup-Melbourne Cup double on Tuesday as star jockey Mark Zahra went back-to-back in the big one after…
A tragic end to the Melbourne Cup as veteran Red Cadeaux is suffered a leg injury and failed to finish the race – thankfully though, it appears he may survive.
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UPDATE: Trainer Ed Dunlop has stated he is now confident that the horse will make it but it is however, the end of his racing career.
“(He’s) in great hands … I wasn’t expecting as encouraging news with that injury
“He’s eating grass … he looks happy, has fluids, and it’s a bad injury but it should be repairable.”
“I thought [Red Cadeaux] was going to be put down. At this stage he hasn’t, he’s obviously immediately retired.”
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ORIGINAL: It’s being reported Red Cadeaux sustained a left fetlock injury and is under the care of vets and undergoing surgery at a clinic at Werribee.
Racing Victoria chief vet Brian Stewart said the horse has been given relief for the pain,
“Everything is being done for him. He will undergo X-rays in the next hour. I will not speculate on his condition.”
Red Cadeaux suffered a suspected fetlock injury but vets are hopeful they can save him.
— Ben Damon (@ben_damon) November 3, 2015
The ten-year-old pulled up near the end of the 2015 Melbourne Cup and has since been carted away by medics.
Screens have come down around Red Cadeaux, he's been put into a vehicle – ABC Grandstand
— Rohan Smith (@Ro_Smith) November 3, 2015
Screens have come down around Red Cadeaux, he's been put into a vehicle – ABC Grandstand
— Rohan Smith (@Ro_Smith) November 3, 2015
Initial reports coming in were that the Ed Dunlop trained horse snapped its leg and was fighting for his life, however some on social media have later stated the veteran tore a tendon and was thankfully seen walking into a trailer.
We now know it was a fetlock injury which is a joint located on the lower part of a horse’s leg
Big cheer from the crowd as Red Cadeaux walks into a trailer after failing to finish #MelbourneCup
— Andrew McCormack (@_AMcCormack) November 3, 2015
Red Cadeaux is a sentimental favourite at Flemington – owning the remarkable record of finishing runner-up three times out of the last four Melbourne Cups.
The race was one by rank outsider Prince of Penzance who stormed home in front of Max Dynamite to stun the Flemington crowd.