Incentivise and Tralee Rose being monitored after Cup

Trainer Peter Moody has played down concerns about Incentivise after the stable detected swelling in the Melbourne Cup runner-up’s near foreleg when he cooled down after the race.

The five-year-old Incentivise will continue to be monitored during the week before being sent for a spell,having taken the racing world by storm this spring with his Caulfield Cup win last month – his ninth consecutive win.

Moody toldThe Age and theHeraldthe horse would be properly assessed before being sent to the paddock,but he remained confident Incentivise would bounce back.

Meanwhile,Tralee Rose will spend another night in Werribee vet hospital as a precaution to ensure she is on the mend after receiving stitches to repair alaceration she suffered when galloped on during the race.

Trainer Symon Wilde said the vet wanted to minimise movement initially before re-applying the bandage on Thursday morning and if confident the stitches were knitted would give the all-clear for Tralee Rose to return to Warrnambool.

The biggest concern with such lacerations is an infection that can cause problems,but Wilde said at this stage it appeared the horse had avoided major injury after running ninth in the race.

“It’s looking like it’s superficial,so we’re fairly lucky,” Wilde said.

Tralee Rose will also be sent for a spell after winning the Geelong Cup this campaign.

Meanwhile,last year’s Melbourne Cup winner Twilight Payment has been retired,afterfinishing 11th in Tuesday’s Cup.

The nine-year-old gelding will spend his post-racing career at Living Legends in Greenvale.

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Trained by Irish trainer Joseph O’Brien and owned by Lloyd and Nick Williams,he led all the wayto win the 2020 Melbourne Cup to give jockey Jye McNeil his first Cup win.

The Melbourne Cup was the horse’s only group 1 victory for his career which saw him placed a remarkable 28 times in 36 starts,including nine wins,as he accumulated $5,842,805 in prizemoney.

On Tuesday,he carried the top weight but settled midfield and was unable to make an impression on the race,but still collected $160,000 for finishing in 11th spot.

O’Brien made a last-minute dash to watch Twilight Payment race on Tuesday after being forced to watch his victory in 2020 from Ireland. He had watchedState Of Rest win the Cox Plate from home the previous week.

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