The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable will gather some more information on the condition of Sir Delius before deciding on whether to press on with his preparation.

Sir Delius was ruled out of the remainder of the Melbourne Spring Carnival by Racing Victoria stewards after the entire underwent scans last week in preparation for the Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on November 4.

All runners in the Melbourne Cup must present for scans on their distal limbs, which are then viewed by a panel of diagnostic imaging experts.

The report from those experts based in Australia, the UK and USA were of the view Sir Delius was at a heightened risk of injury.

Sir Delius was high up in markets for both the Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley on Saturday and the Melbourne Cup and Bott said it w

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