Will heavily-backed import Lucas Cranach make it to the Caulfield Cup? There's an injury cloud over him. Emerging from his stall on Sunday he had bandages on his near foreleg. He eventually went onto the track for an easy canter minus the bandages and appeared OK. Lee Freedman says: 'He has a small bruise on his near fore-hoof which happened when he lost both front plates during a workout...The bandaging was a precaution to prevent the bruise from spreading up the leg.' Freedman claims that a
Will heavily-backed import Lucas Cranach make it to the Caulfield Cup? There's an injury cloud over him. Emerging from his stall on Sunday he had bandages on his near foreleg. He eventually went onto the track for an easy canter minus the bandages and appeared OK. Lee Freedman says: 'He has a small bruise on his near fore-hoof which happened when he lost both front plates during a workout...The bandaging was a precaution to prevent the bruise from spreading up the leg.' Freedman claims that a CC run is still in the mix. An option is to miss that race and instead tackle the Geelong Cup on October 1`9.
It was better news from the French trainer Mikel Delzangles about his impressive stayer Dunaden. He came through a solid gallop with Craig Williams in the saddle. Delzangles, who arrived in Melbourne on Friday, says he's very happy with Dunaden's condition. He adds: 'He looks perfect and Craig was also very happy with him...He had a really good action and I liked the way he flattened out at the end of his gallop.'