Damien Oliver is riding his last Cup carnival and could be without a ride in the big race if Alenquer is not passed fit on Tuesday morning at the last possible moment before the deadline.
A collection of the best of our Melbourne Cup coverage, from fashion to the races and everything in between.Champion jockey Damien Oliver will have to wait until Tuesday morning to find out whether his last Melbourne Cup mount will be scratched after stewards said a final decision on Alenquer’s fitness would be made at 7.30 on race day.
Oliver, who would be racing in his 32nd and final Melbourne Cup, was philosophical about the prospect of his ride being scratched and said his only concern was that the horse was sound to race and if stewards decided he wasn’t, then he would accept the decision without a worry.Racing Victoria’s stewards have pledged to examine the horse on Tuesday morning after determining he was still “showing signs of soreness in the near fore foot as a result of the stone bruise”.
Oliver said he had been around long enough to cop the news on the chin when he was told about the stone bruise on Sunday. “I was pretty philosophical about it. I have been in it long enough to see the ups and downs and what will be, will be,” Oliver said. The champion hoop said Alenquer would run better than his price suggests, but he was up against stiff opposition in Caulfield Cup winner Without A Fight, last year’s winner Gold Trip and three international runners, Vauban, Absurde and Breakup.Oliver said Moroney had told him he would let him know the final decision as soon as it was made and he was relaxed about it.
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