Blue Aussie run in the ‘melting pot’

CONNECTIONS of Illustrious Blue will do a lot of soul-searching over the next few days about whether to enter the Goodwood Cup winner for the Melbourne Cup.

The in-form seven-year-old confirmed he was a stayer to be reckoned with when taking the Group Two contest over two miles.

Now connections have to decide on the possibility of a trip to Australia in early November for the ‘race that stops a nation’.