It'll be something of a miracle if talented Metal Bender makes it back to racing. He's to be spelled and faces, at the very least, a long absence from racing after sustaining a stifle injury. Metal Bender, trained by Jack Denham, was one of the key Cups fancies for the spring in the wake of his Randwick and Rosehill Guineas double last season.

It'll be something of a miracle if talented Metal Bender makes it back to racing. He's to be spelled and faces, at the very least, a long absence from racing after sustaining a stifle injury. Metal Bender, trained by Jack Denham, was one of the key Cups fancies for the spring in the wake of his Randwick and Rosehill Guineas double last season.