Ed Dunlop's 2016 team suffered a blow Monday, as it was revealed that Trip To Paris (Ire) (Champs Elysees {GB}) may miss the season due to injury, reported Racing Post. The 5-year-old, who won the G1 Ascot Gold Cup at Royal Ascot last year, is currently still in Australia undergoing treatment for what is believed to be a tendon injury, sustained in the G1 Japan Cup in November.
“There is a problem with him,” Dunlop told the Racing Post. “He was injured in the Japan Cup and is in Australia undergoing treatment.”
Trip To Paris was one of the most improved horses in Britain last year. He began the season winning a handicap at Lingfield in April off a rating of 88 after which he rattled off another pair of handicap victories including the prestigious Chester Cup in May. This success elevated him to the upper echelons of the staying division, where he continued to excel. He showed his class at Royal Ascot and then his versatility to run second in the G1 Caulfield Cup over a mile and a half before a gallant fourth-place effort in the 3200-meter G1 Melbourne Cup Nov. 3.
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