‘Heightened Risk of Injury’: Melbourne Cup Favourite Scratched

‘Heightened risk of injury’: Melbourne Cup favourite scratched

The withdrawal from the race that stops a nation is a bitter blow to star trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott.

Sir Delius Ruled Out Of Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup Over "Heightened Risk of Injury"

Favoured for the G1 Melbourne Cup next month, two-time Group 1 winner Sir Delius (Frankel) has been ruled out of both the G1 Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup by Racing Victoria stewards due to a heightened injury profile. Owned by a partnership that includes Go Bloodstock Australia, the four-year-old colt has run first or second in all four runs Down Under. A winner of Doomben's G3 JRA Chairman's Handicap in May, he was second in the G2 Chelmsford St…