With Red Cadeaux (GB) (Cadeaux Genereux {GB}) safely recovering from surgery to repair a medial sesamoid fracture sustained in last week's G1 Melbourne Cup, trainer Ed Dunlop paid tribute to the popular 9-year-old gelding in a statement on his website. Red Cadeaux's retirement was announced immediately following his injury.
“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,” the statement read. “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 agonizing whisker shy of becoming the first to break the £5 million 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.”
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