Surgery for sentimental Cup favourite
Popular three-time Melbourne Cup runner-up Red Cadeaux will undergo surgery in the hope of having a happy retirement.
Red Cadeaux is patted by officials after the horse was injured during the Melbourne Cup.
English trainer Ed Dunlop feared Red Cadeaux would have to be put down after he suffered a leg fracture.
“It’s a bad injury, but it should be repairable,” he said.
Dunlop said he and Red Cadeaux’s connections would do everything in their power to ensure the 10-year-old makes a full recovery.
“If the guys do their job, he’ll have a very happy retirement.”
Vets at the University of Melbourne Equine Centre in Werribee have contacted other world-leading equine orthopaedic surgeons as they work out the best option to repair the fracture in Red Cadeaux’s left-fore fetlock.
University of Melbourne vet Dr Chris Whitton said the injury was not currently life threatening and the horse was comfortable.
A further update on his condition is expected this afternoon.
