Incentivise to be examined after swelling in leg detected following his second placing

Vets to check Melbourne Cup favourite Incentivise while Tralee Rose received stitches after an early race incident.

Incentivise pulled up with swelling in the left foreleg after the Melbourne Cup. Picture: Getty Images

Beaten Melbourne Cup favourite Incentivise will be examined by a vet in the coming days after the Peter Moody camp reported the stayer had swelling in a foreleg after the race.

Incentivise was far from disgraced when second to brilliant mare Verry Elleegant in a Melbourne Cup run in hot conditions.

Moody advised Racing Victoria Incentivise had a small amount of swelling in his left foreleg upon cooling down after the race.

Moody’s stable vet has examined Incentivise and will reassess the gelding’s recovery from the Melbourne Cup later in the week.

Meanwhile, University of Melbourne vets are treating the Symon Wilde-trained Tralee Rose for a wound suffered early in the Melbourne Cup.

Tralee Rose required stitches after being galloped on in the Cup. Picture: Getty Images

Wilde said Tralee Rose was galloped on early in the race before the mare finished ninth, more than 16 lengths from the winner Verry Elleegant.

Racing Victoria vets attended Tralee Rose at Flemington before she was transported to the University of Melbourne veterinary clinic at Werribee.

Wilde told News Corp that Tralee Rose had been sedated ahead of what he hoped would be ‘just a stitch-up job’.

Both Wilde and the University of Melbourne vets later advised Racing Victoria the mare had not suffered any tendon damage or structural issues.

Tralee Rose will stay at the Werribee clinic overnight before heading back to Wilde’s Warrnambool stable on Thursday.

Originally published as Incentivise to be examined after swelling in leg detected following his second placing