French trainer Alain de Royer-Dupre, winner of the 2010 Melbourne Cup with Americain, could be back this year with a new horse. Source: AFP
RACING Victoria’s international recruiter Leigh Jordon summed up the overseas results from the weekend “as very good” for the Melbourne spring carnival.
On Sunday night in France, the Alain de Royer-Dupre mare Verema continued to emerge as a Melbourne Cup prospect with her win in the Group 2 Prix Kergolay at Deauville.
Jordon said Verema is owned by the Aga Khan who had never had a runner in Australia before and was keen to come.
“It was a big effort as it was a slowly run race. Alain has been here before with American and she has the right profile to be a Melbourne Cup horse,” Jordon said.
“I spoke to the Aga Khan’s racing team when I was over there recently and they were interested in coming here.”
de Royer-Dupre trained American to win the 2010 Melbourne Cup which was the same year he also won the Prix Kergolay.
Jordon also received a message from English trainer Ed Dunlop inquiring about the Melbourne Cup for Joshua tree after he finished second in the Prix Kergolay.
“Ed is starting to think he might be a 3000 metre plus horse as he gets older,” he said.
Jordon said it may come down to a decision as to whether his connections try and win the Canadian Woodbine International in late October for a third successive year.
“I’m sure the Woodbine will come into play but it’s worth $1 million versus the Melbourne Cup’s $6 million so I’m sure they will give it some consideration.”
Jordon said Dunlop was yet to confirm whether Red Cadeaux would come out for the Caulfield Cup en route to the Melbourne Cup.
Red Cadeaux finished second to another likely Melbourne Cup runner in Godolphin’s Royal Empire at Newbury on the weekend.
In other news, Jordon said David Redvers, the manager for Qatar Racing, had contacted him after Side Glance’s third in the Arlington Millions to say he is still Cox Plate bound.
Jordon said the other positive result from the weekend was Dandino’s victory in the US St Leger as the Marco Botti trained galloper is coming out for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cup.
IT will be a bigger version of It’s A Dundeel when he steps out for the spring for the first time in Saturday week’s Memise Stakes at Caulfield.
His trainer Murray Baker said It’s A Dundeel had grown a lot since he last raced as a three-year-old
“He’s grown quite a bit and he’s also a lot stronger,” Baker said.
Baker said he had arrived in Melbourne on Sunday with his travelling companion a three-year-old colt called Orion who won his only start last March at Te Rapa and is entered for the Caulfield Guineas.
“My stable foreman said It’s A Dundeel travelled over without any problems and he’ll have a gallop tomorrow,” Baker said yesterday.
Baker said It’s A Dundeel was impressive when he won a jump-out against three other horses over 900m at Cambridge on August 1.
Baker intends to stick to his plan of running It’s A Dundeel in the Memise, then the Underwood Stakes and the Caulfield Stakes on the way to the Cox Plate and the Melbourne Cup.
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