A start in a BMW Caulfield Cup in a fortnight is off a list for New Zealand Derby leader Gingernuts after he missed a run in a Group 1 Livamol Classic on Saturday.

The abandonment of racing during Hastings on Saturday, due to concerns around supplement reserve following a equine slipping badly when pulling adult after a Group 2 Hawkes Bay Guineas, has meant a group during Te Akau Racing contingency now switch to Plan B with a Iffraaj four-year-old.

Originally scheduled to fly to Australia on Wednesday, Gingernuts will now sojourn in New Zealand for a time being before streamer to Melbourne after than designed to competition a Group 1 Emirates Stakes on a final day of a Melbourne Spring Carnival.

Te Akau Racing trainer David Ellis was philosophical about a resources that have necessitated a change in instruction for their fast star.

“You can’t control a continue and it is usually unequivocally really hapless what has happened with a lane on a weekend,” he said.

“By blank a run on Saturday, it means he won’t be prepared for a Caulfield Cup or a Melbourne Cup after that so we have had to change to Plan B.

“We are going to wait and see what preference is taken with rescheduling a Livamol and if it fits in he will sojourn here to competition a competition before streamer over to Melbourne to run in a Emirates Stakes.

“If for some reason they can’t reschedule a Livamol or it isn’t on a date that suits he will go to Melbourne a small progressing and have a lead-up run to a Emirates over there.”

While naturally unhappy by Saturday’s spin of events Ellis reliable a probability of blank a Caulfield Cup had always been in a behind of his mind.

“With racing we always have to keep as many options on a list that we can so we had suspicion about opposite scenarios if things didn’t go to plan,” he explained.

“Originally we had suspicion about going to Melbourne for his final Caulfield Cup lead-up though we were aware of a transport and doing what was best for a horse.

“We felt a best choice was to stay and competition a Livamol that minimised a transport for him though resources have commanded that is not to be.

“You have to remember he is usually a four-year-old and a Caulfield and Melbourne Cups will still be there subsequent year and a year after that so there is copiousness of time to accomplish those goals.”

While Ellis is unhappy for a equine and his connectors he is also feeling for Hawkes Bay Racing Incorporated who have had their flagship day of a year rigourously cut short.

“I unequivocally feel for a Club as they had a sell-out throng and it betrothed to be a smashing day’s racing,” he noted.

“They did all they could to keep a assembly going though mom inlet conspired opposite them and in a finish reserve is peerless and a right preference was done to call a assembly off.”

New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing have indicated that discussions with Hawkes Bay Racing are stability with a perspective to an proclamation on a rescheduling of a Livamol Classic to be done in a subsequent few days.