Cadeaux To Retire In Australia

Popular globetrotting gelding Red Cadeaux (GB) (Cadeaux Genereux {GB}), who was retired from racing after fracturing a sesamoid in last week’s G1 Melbourne Cup, will be retired Down Under, trainer Ed Dunlop told Racing Post. The Newmarket-based conditioner said the 9-year-old, who continues recuperation from surgery, may be destined for Living Legends, a retirement farm near Melbourne. Red Cadeaux raced in eight countries but is perhaps best known for finishing second in the Melbourne Cup three times.

“We have been inundated with offers from all over the world to rehome him and it’s important for all concerned that he’s found a decent home after his achievements, in which he won just shy of £5 million,” Dunlop told Racing Post. “We are in discussions to transfer him to Living Legends, which is near Melbourne and where hopefully he will prove a popular attraction.”

Dunlop added, “I can’t stress enough the role the vets at Flemington Racecourse as well as the University of Melbourne Veterinary Centre played, and well done to all. Obviously his rehabilitation is ongoing and it will be some time until he’s ready to be moved but he won’t be coming home.”

Dunlop also told Racing Post his G1 Gold Cup winner Trip To Paris (Ire) (Champs Elysees {GB}), fourth in the Melbourne Cup, is entered in the G1 Japan Cup Nov. 29 and could head straight from Australia to Japan.