New Zealand-bred mare Tralee Rose (NZ) (Tavistock) is recovering well after being injured during the running of the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) last month.

The Symon Wilde-trained five-year-old was galloped on in the Cup, where she finished ninth, and subsequently underwent treatment at Werribee Equine Hospital.

A tilt at the two mile feature is once again the main aim next year and Wilde is eyeing the the Listed Andrew Ramsden Stakes (2800m) at Flemington in May, with the winner gaining ballot exemption for the Melbourne Cup.

“She’s been through her five-week box rest period of being bandaged and then on to a small yard where we continued to bandage her,” Wilde told RSN. 

“Everything went really well. The skin took hold, the stitches held, and she’s been now about 10 days in the big paddock. 

“We’re not sure whether we’ll give her a long break and just focus on the spring or whether she’ll come back for a late autumn cameo in something like the Andrew Ramsden.” 

Prior to the Melbourne Cup, Tralee Rose had a lucrative spring, placing in the Listed Heatherlie Stakes (1700m), Gr.3 MRC Foundation Cup (2000m) and Gr.3 Bart Cummings (2520m) before winning the Gr.3 Geelong Cup (2400m).

Tralee Rose was purchased by Wilde in partnership with Cameron Cooke Bloodstock for $50,000 out of Cambridge Stud’s 2018 New Zealand Bloodstock Book 1 Yearling Sale draft.