Racing: Manighar delays trip back to England

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MELBOURNE - English stayer Manighar will remain in Australia to race at Sandown on Saturday but his Luca Cumani-trained stablemate Bauer will return home this week.

Part-owner Terry Henderson said Manighar would contest either the Sandown Classic (2400m) or the Sandown Cup (3200m) but Bauer's spring campaign was over.

Henderson said Bauer, who was scratched on race morning from the Melbourne Cup, needed more time to recover from an injured hoof.

"He is not right enough to risk sending around in a race next week.

"We would rather send him back to England, make sure he is right, and then take him to Dubai."

Bauer, who was second to Viewed in the 2008 Melbourne Cup, was lame in his near fore hoof which he bruised after a fast gallop more than a week ago. He is booked to fly back to England tomorrow.

Henderson and his racing partner Simon O'Donnell have interests in both Manighar and Bauer.

Manighar finished seventh to Americain in the Melbourne Cup after a gallant fifth to Descarado in the Caulfield Cup.

"He has pulled up super after the Cup," Henderson said.

"He is very well and will run in the Sandown Classic or the Sandown Cup."

Manighar will return to England next week with stablemate Drunken Sailor, who finished 11th to Americain in the Geelong Cup and 10th to Moudre in Saturday's Queen's Cup (2600m).

Meanwhile, another Henderson and O'Donnell-owned galloper, Becqu Adoree, has left the Cumani stable and will be trained by Peter Moody.

Becqu Adoree finished seventh to Ginga Dude at her only Australian start in the David Jones Cup (2000m) at Caulfield on October 16.

However, the 5-year-old, who has won four of 13 runs, has a history of tying up and Henderson said the mare would not race again this spring.

"We will change her diet and go right through the whole process again."

An unspectacular but proven formline - and a familiar face - will accompany Sniper's Bullet to a third Perth carnival appearance.

Sniper's Bullet is one of three Sydney gallopers confirmed on a Western Australia charter flight next Tuesday for what is becoming an annual summer pilgrimage for the sprinting warrior. Going along for the ride with the three-time group one winner will be Tracey Bartley.

Bartley is back in charge of the galloper on the back of an unplaced Emirates Stakes run which the trainer says did no harm to his WA chances.

Sniper's Bullet was ridden on-pace before finishing three lengths from the winner Wall Street when eighth in Saturday's Emirates Stakes at Flemington.

The result was almost a replica of his previous two Emirates finishes ahead of Perth trips in 2008 and 2009, convincing Bartley Sniper's Bullet is in terrific shape despite his advancing years.

Bartley resumes training duties after Sniper's Bullet was prepared by Robert Smerdon for three recent Victorian starts.

- AAP