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Estimate out of Melbourne Cup as weights announced

Estimate will have one more outing, at either Ascot or at Longchamp, before embarking upon a career as a broodmare
Estimate will have one more outing, at either Ascot or at Longchamp, before embarking upon a career as a broodmare

Royal stayer Estimate will not run in the Melbourne Cup at Flemington.

Connections of the Michael Stoute-trained mare will resist the urge to send the five-year-old to Australia for the coveted prize on 4 November, instead opting to stay closer to home after she impressively returned to winning ways in the Doncaster Cup on Friday.

Estimate will now have one more outing, at either Ascot or at Longchamp, before she is retired to embark upon a career as a broodmare.

Meanwhile, Red Cadeaux must shoulder 57kg when he runs in a fourth consecutive Melbourne Cup.

The Ed Dunlop-trained stayer has gone up 0.5kg in the weights from his gallant second-placed finish last season. He is also 3.5kg higher than when he occupied the same position in 2011.

Greg Carpenter, Racing Victoria executive general manager, said: "The progression in the weights for Red Cadeaux is not as profound as that given to some other runners-up in recent times. However, he was high in the weights last year and has history against him, with no nine-year-old ever successful in the Cup."

Dandino, who finished fifth behind Fiorente in the race last year, has been allotted 56.5kg for the Marco Botti team, while stablemate Seismos has been given 56kg.

The Stoute-trained Hillstar would have to compete off 55kg. 

Godolphin's Cavalryman, who finished down the field in the 2012 renewal for Saeed bin Suroor, has been assigned the same weight of 57kg as Red Cadeaux, which is just 1kg lower than top-weight Admire Rakti.

The Bin Suroor-trained Willing Foe, who was successful in the 2012 Ebor at York, is on 55kg.

Dermot Weld won the Melbourne Cup with Vintage Crop (1993) and Media Puzzle (2002) and could this season saddle Pale Mimosa.

Fifth behind Brown Panther in the Irish St Leger at the Curragh on Sunday, the five-year-old mare would also have to carry 55kg.

Johnny Murtagh said it was unlikely Royal Diamond (55.5kg) would make the trip to Australia, but he could still be represented by this season's Ebor winner, Mutual Regard, who has been assigned 55kg.

The Patrick Prendergast-trained Manalapan finished second to Pale Mimosa in a Listed race at Leopardstown in July and has been given 52.5kg.

Andrew Balding's renowned traveller Side Glance (56.5kg) and stablemate Van Percy (52.5kg) are still in the hat, as are fellow British challengers Gatewood (55kg), Ambivalent (54.5kg), Cafe Society (52.5kg) and Angel Gabrial (51kg).

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