Distinction arrives safely in Australia. Distinction, due to challenge for both the Carlton Draught Caulfield Cup and Emirates Melbourne Cup, arrived in Australia today, Tuesday, September 28, after a good journey.Harry Herbert, managing director of British-based Highclere Thoroughbred Racing (HTR), whose Orangery Syndicate owns Distinction, said: 'He has travelled very well and it was an uneventful journey which we are relieved and pleased about.'He was very relaxed and his weight loss is normal for a flight from Britain. He will go for the Caulfield Cup on October 16 as long as he recovers from the journey and is training well.'We will be putting up an Australian jockey and are hopeful that Damien Oliver will ride.'The journey, which involved stopovers in Copenhagen, Dubai and Singapore, took 40 hours and Distinction, who has won his last two races, was settled in his box in the quarantine centre at Sandown racecourse by 3pm local time today.The five-year-old Danehill gelding, trained by Sir Michael Stoute, is accompanied by his lass and work rider Kerry Jones and second travelling head lad John Cork.The Emirates Melbourne Cup, which takes place at Flemington on Tuesday, November 2, is Australia´s most famous race.HTR is the most successful racehorse multiple ownership operation in Europe and has announced the launch of seven new syndicates, with a total of 127 shares, for 2005.
