Singapore next stop for Red Cadeaux
Red Cadeaux is set to drop back in trip after finishing a creditable third behind local runner Fenomeno in the two-mile Tenno Sho (Spring) at Kyoto racecourse in Japan yesterday.
The seven-year-old has been an admirable servant for Ed Dunlop, running in races in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and Dubai over recent seasons.
Last seen when finishing second in the Dubai World Cup, Red Cadeaux stepped back up in trip for this Grade One heat after being campaigned over middle distances on his last three starts.
Satano Shuren set out to make all and soon opened up a wide-margin lead but the rest of the field were content to bide their time and Gerald Mosse had Red Cadeaux firmly anchored towards the rear.
The leader was soon reeled back in as the pace stepped up and while Mosse had his mount primed to strike in fourth at the top of the straight, he could not pick up quite as well as Fenomeno and runner-up Tosen Ra.
Red Cadeaux finished just over three lengths adrift back in third and Dunlop is now targeting the 10-furlong Singapore Airlines International Cup at Kranji on May 19.
He tweeted: “Another great run by RC who finished third in Tenno Sho beaten 3 to 4 lengths. So proud of him again, next stop Singapore!”
Robin Trevor-Jones represented Dunlop at the track and added: “He ran a super race on ground that was probably a bit too quick for him, but we’re very pleased with him. He never lets us down.
“From a wide draw like that, we got stuck out a bit wide, but even so, he ran a super race and we’re proud of him.
“After this, we’ll go to Singapore, which we’re invited to go. His fall programme will probably be to Australia, Japan and then to Hong Kong again.”
Mosse felt the quick ground probably did not help Red Cadeaux, but felt the first two were just better on the day.
He said: “Today’s track was won mostly by horses running in the front or from a handy position, so the race started with many of the horses wanting to try and get that position.
“So what I did was just let my horse warm up early on and after about a mile I started to put him into the race and gradually pick up from there.
“At a point, around 600 metres, he was going really well and I was thinking ’well now we’re going to quicken and he’s going to give him his best in the straight’.
“But the ground was a bit firm for him, and though in the last 200 metres I thought I had it, he reserved himself, just stayed on and didn’t give his best (because of the ground).
“Even so, I had a lovely run. The pace was good-I just got beaten by two super horses-they were just better than us today.”
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