Should old-timer Efficient be enjoying a comfy life in retirement? It's a question some are asking - but it's not yet registering with connections.The 2007 Melbourne Cup winner is set for a Sydney Cup run on Saturday but first he has to get the green light via a veterinary inspection ordered by Racing NSW stewards. Efficient has top weight of 58kgs and he will go into the big 3200m test with plenty of queries about his overall condition. Chief stipe Ray Murrihy says: 'We want to give him the be
Should old-timer Efficient be enjoying a comfy life in retirement? It's a question some are asking - but it's not yet registering with connections.The 2007 Melbourne Cup winner is set for a Sydney Cup run on Saturday but first he has to get the green light via a veterinary inspection ordered by Racing NSW stewards. Efficient has top weight of 58kgs and he will go into the big 3200m test with plenty of queries about his overall condition. Chief stipe Ray Murrihy says: 'We want to give him the best opportunity to get into the race, and we will inspect him at Randwick on Friday afternoon...We'll get them to bring the horse out, warm him up. We don't want to do it on raceday. Like all old stayers, he has a few gait issues but two of our vets deemed him lame on-course two weeks ago, and that's why he was scratched. He had issues before The BMW, I understand, with corns.'