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Christmas Cup King back for another shot

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Christmas Cup King back for another shot

Cave won the Christmas Cup with Lahar (1998), Pasta Express (1999), Airlie Bird (2002), Sadarar and Taken At The Flood in 2006. Cave trains a small team in partnership with his wife Martha. He will leave the horse-handling to Martha on race day. McGeehan won his first attempt at 2400m last start at Warwick Farm. He was ridden by Jason Collett. The horse has been diagnosed with kissing spine. It is the same affliction that affected Alligator Blood. They both had successful surgeries.

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