Setback ends Melbourne Cup dreams for Crystal Black this year
A CLASS APART: Crystal Blackpowers clear to win the Group 3 Ballyroan Stakes on his most recent start. Picture: Healy Racing
Royal Ascot hero and leading Melbourne Cup contender Crystal Black has been ruled out of a trip to Australia after suffering a setback.
The six-year-old has won each of his four starts this season for the father-son combination of Ger and Colin Keane, sparking scenes of wild celebration in the Ascot winner's enclosure in landing the Duke of Edinburgh Stakes in June.
