Stewards must be getting concerned over the Gai Waterhouse stable's battle to patch up Glencadam Gold for the Melbourne Cup. They don't want any final acceptor to be suddenly scratched due to injury concerns because there are no emergency runners in the big race. The Age reports: 'Stewards will carefully monitor the progress of Melbourne Cup hopeful Glencadam Gold in the lead-up to Tuesday's race after the stayer was detected with heat in his leg earlier this week. With positions in the Melbourn

Stewards must be getting concerned over the Gai Waterhouse stable's battle to patch up Glencadam Gold for the Melbourne Cup. They don't want any final acceptor to be suddenly scratched due to injury concerns because there are no emergency runners in the big race. The Age reports: 'Stewards will carefully monitor the progress of Melbourne Cup hopeful Glencadam Gold in the lead-up to Tuesday's race after the stayer was detected with heat in his leg earlier this week. With positions in the Melbourne Cup becoming crucial to those on the edge of the field, the wellbeing or otherwise of the Sydney-trained stayer could mean a vital passage-way into the race for another hopeful. The Waterhouse stable has resorted to taking the import to the beach this week and on Wednesday ruled him out of a start in the Lexus Stakes at Flemington on Saturday, preferring to go straight into the Melbourne Cup.'

Mick Kent's smart French stayer Tac de Boistron is currently without a rider after the great Christophe Soumillon was suspended in Japan at the weekend. Soumillon had been a confirmed booking for many months, but the latest news is that champion French jockey Oliver Doleuze may replace him.

Having arrived in Melbourne overnight, UK trainer Ed Dunlop made his first visit to the International Horse Centre at Werribee and was more than pleased with the condition of his Melbourne Cup contender Red Cadeaux. ''Have a look at him, his coat looks amazing; it was cold and he was woolly at home but he's had a clip and looks very good for it,'' Dunlop says. Last year Red Cadeaux finished a nose 2nd behind Dunaden but Dunlop says the chestnut has had a much more targeted preparation towards the Cup. He says: ''Last year we were an outsider and no one gave us a hope in hell but we nearly pulled it of...This year he was qualified so we were able to give him a mid season break and come here with a fresh horse.''

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