MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Connections of Japanese stayer Admire Rakti have confirmed the seven-year-old stallion will run in the A$6.2 million (3.37 million pounds) Melbourne Cup despite being penalised an extra half-kilogramme for winning the leadup Caulfield Cup on Sunday.
Owner Riichi Kondo told Fairfax Media after the win at Caulfield that he would consider pulling the Tomoyuki Umeda-trained Admire Rakti from the gruelling 3,200 metre handicap if the horse were penalised.
