Perhaps one of the most exciting horses to watch last spring carnival, Profound Beauty is out of the 2009 Melbourne Cup. Two-time Melbourne Cup winning training Dermot Weld will not have a runner in this years Melbourne Cup after the 2008 5th placed runner was ruled out. Profound Beauty was all set to make the trip with the connections paying up for the second lot of declarations.

In September Glenn Boss told Weld that he would not be riding Profound Beauty and has instead decided to take up the ride on 3 year old filly Irish Lights which downed the subsequent winner Avenue in the Caulfield Thousnad Guineas last start.

You can still get Profound Beauty at $210 on betfair, no listing for Irish Lights as yet