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The Ed Dunlop-trained Red Cadeaux is gearing up for an impressive fourth straight tilt in the Group 1 Emirates Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on Tuesday, which is a great result in and of itself. Not to mention the gelding finished a very close second twice – in both 2011 and 2013 – which bookended a non-placed run in 2012.
It would be a story for the ages if he could finally claim victory in the $6.2 Melbourne Cup, but does he have what it takes? Or is he doomed to miss out once again?
Dunlop is pleased with Red Cadeaux’s condition leading up to the race and doesn’t think the field of the 2014 Melbourne Cup is anywhere near as competitive as the other years his gelding has run. He’s learned a lot from his three previous attempts and believes he’s perfected the pattern of the race.
Red Cadeaux’s form isn’t the best leading into the race, he finished dead last in the Group 3 September Stakes (2414m) last time out but the gelding always seems to save his best for the Melbourne Cup. Dunlop also noted he ran a clunker before last year’s race, and he managed to finish less than one length off Fiorente.
Punters are unsure of the gelding’s ability to finally claim a win in the ‘race that stops the nation’, with his price drifting from $17 to $21 in the Melbourne Cup betting market at Ladbrokes.com.au.
Whatever happens, running the grueling Melbourne Cup four years in a row is an achievement in itself and a major feat for the gelding.
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