Popular three-times cup runner-up recovering from fractured fetlockTrainer Ed Dunlop confirms horse is now retired from racingRed Cadeaux,the Melbourne Cup contender who failed to finish Tuesday’s 155th edition of the race after sustaining a serious injury, is not thought to be in a life-threatening condition.
The 10-year-ragged chestnut gelding suffered a fractured fetlock during Tuesday’s race and failed to finish the 3, or 200m course. Green screens were erected around the horse before a float took the three-times cup runner-up to the University of Melbourne Equine Centre at Werribee to undergo surgery.
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Source: theguardian.com