Collier Hill ruled out of Melbourne Cup | Australia Melbourne Cup and Racing News
Collier Hill ruled out of Melbourne Cup
English stayer Collier Hill, who defeated the Dermot Weld trained Vinnie Roe in the Irish St Leger, has been ruled out of making the trip to Australia for the Melbourne Cup.
Trainer Alan Swinbank announced Melbourne Cup plans for the eight year-old were abandoned due to the recurrence of an arthritic problem.
Swinbank said, “While it’s disappointing our adventure to Australia is off this time, and we’ll have to wait for another year, it’s impossible to be too disappointed about a horse who has won so much for us around Europe and beyond.”
“Over the years he has been troubled on and off by arthritis in his joints. We’ll just have to sit and wait for things to come right again.
“Hopefully, it’ll not be too long before he’s right again, but whether we take him again to Dubai in the spring, I don’t know.
“He won and was placed in top-class races there last year.”
