Red Cadeaux was a heroic runner-up once again as British-trained horses filled two of the first three places in the Emirates Melbourne Cup, but best-laid plans to finally crack the great Flemington handicap must wait yet another year.

Cirrus Des Aigles continued his worrying decline with yet another defeat at Deauville yesterday.

Moonlight Cloud could clash with top rated colt Intello next weekend after mowing down Lethal Force inside the final furlong to win the Prix Maurice de Gheest at Deauville yesterday for the third successive year.