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Posted on November 9, 2020November 9, 2020

Melbourne Cup Tradition

Phar Lap, circa 1930
Peter Pan, 1932

I have attended every Melbourne Cup since 1960.

It’s the only horserace in Australia that “Stops the Nation,” with even Parliament stoping for those three and half minutes or so while the race is run and won and another name is etched in the annals of Cup history as the winner of this great race.

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