Cadeaux heads Yorkshire Cup field Red Cadeaux continues the first part of a varied programme for 2012 when he lines up for the Sportingbet Yorkshire Cup on Friday. Ed Dunlop's globetrotting six-year-old ran tremendous races towards the end of last term in the Irish St Leger, Melbourne Cup and Hong Kong Vase. Another ambitious campaign is being mapped out for Red Cadeaux, who made an encouraging return to action when runner-up to Colour Vision in the Sagaro Stakes at Kempton two weeks ago. "Everything's gone well since the Sagaro and he seems in good form," said Dunlop. "As expected, it's a competitive race and we hope for the best. This race fits in well with his programme. "The ground might dry out a bit but it will still be decent good ground so we won't worry about that unless the jockeys say anything differently. "We wanted to have a fairly early campaign - he might or might not go to Royal Ascot after this - then have a break and come back for an autumn campaign which will include going back to Australia for the Melbourne Cup." Red Cadeaux's rivals includes Times Up, who is trained by Dunlop's father, John. Times Up was a comfortable winner over this course and distance last May and will be having his first run of the season. "Times Up has done plenty of work and has pleased the trainer. Any significant rain would not be welcome," said the Arundel trainer's racing secretary, Marcus Osgood. The Godolphin-owned Be Fabulous won the Prix Royal-Oak at Longchamp when trained by Andre Fabre. She now makes her British debut after joining Mahmood Al Zarooni's stables in Newmarket. "She's a good filly, she won a Group One last year in France and I think the distance will suit her," said Al Zarooni. "She is in really good form at home and Frankie (Dettori) rides her and we hope she can run a really good race. "She will improve for the run, but we want to find out if she is good enough to run in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot."
