'Astonishing' Red applauded by Dunlop Ed Dunlop has paid tribute to Red Cadeaux after his career was brought to an end in the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday. Running in the race for a fifth time, having finished second in it three times, the nine-year-old was pulled up by Gerald Mosse in the closing stages after fracturing the medial sesamoid in his left-fore fetlock. Having undergone surgery and with his life no longer in danger, Dunlop was able to reflect on Red Cadeaux's globetrotting career. He told www.edunlop.com: " Surgery was performed on Wednesday and he has taken this, and the early stages of the recovery process, as well as we could have hoped. "With his life now stable, I wanted to pay tribute to Red Cadeaux the racehorse. He won't be remembered for his win record, but every other aspect of his profile has been simply astonishing. "Three continents, eight countries, five Melbourne Cups, three pixels from history in 2011, the highest-earning British-trained racehorse ever and only an agonising whisker shy of becoming the first to break the £5million barrier. "We think he's covered roughly 175,000 miles by road, sea and air and he's barely turned in a poor performance over the last four years, the majority of which have been spent away from Newmarket. "The Red Cadeaux story wasn't supposed to end like this. On his stage, in his race, in front of his people. But he is safe, stable and on the road to recovery. "For that, and almost a decade of joyful brilliance, we must be eternally thankful."
