Racing Victoria stewards announced this afternoon that the Andrew Balding-trained Duretto has been ruled out of the Spring Racing Carnival after tests revealed the horse has sustained a stress fracture in his left foreleg.

Duretto was lame in his left foreleg following a track gallop at the Werribee on Saturday and has since had multiple tests conducted to assess whether the horse is in a suitable condition to race in the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday.

English stayer Duretto has been ruled out of the Melbourne Cup with a stress fracture to his left foreleg.

After receiving the results of tests conducted today at the University of Melbourne Equine Centre, which included nerve blocks and x-rays, Mr Balding took the decision to withdraw Durretto from Tuesday’s $7.3 million Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington.