Four female jockeys have rides in this year's Melbourne Cup, hoping to be the second after Michelle Payne to ride the winner in the 'race that stops the nation'. Follow live.
Four female jockeys have rides in this year's Melbourne Cup , hoping to be the second after Michelle Payne to ride the winner in the "race that stops the nation".And Arran Bay wins by a fraction from Unspoken.You reckon that connections of horses drawn to be back in the field in the Melbourne Cup would be a tad concerned right now.Don't get too excited, people — Race 6 is the Melbourne Cup Day Plate, not the cup.
It will be unlike previous Cup days, wheere temperatures have fallen to the low teens and the skies have been known to open a deluge onto punters.Garachino was not considered much of a hope in this race, but it hit the lead with 300m to go and could not be chased down."He has a really building gallop and you have to get him to his top and then his ability and his heart gets him the rest of the way," Egan told the Nine Network.
"It's been a good start to the carnival, and these horses are perfectly placed," McDonald told the Nine Network.Thousands have already turned out to Flemington Racecourse hours before the big race.The racing industry has been doing everything in its power to get public sentiment back onside after many turned against it when runner Verema was euthanised on the Flemington track more than a decade ago.Federal Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi released a statement this morning on Cup Day.
"In the past decade as hundreds of horses have been killed on race tracks this gambling-fuelled spectacle of cruelty is losing its social licence. Gambling companies know this and are protecting their profits by giving more and more blood money to both Labor and the Liberals.
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