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T he Melbourne Cup claims the attention like no other sporting event in the world; it is all over in the space of just three minutes.
Besides the venue of Flemington, 10 races were decided at Ellerslie in New Zealand, plus 39 race meetings were conducted throughout Australia, with 6 country meetings alone in Victoria.
B illy Egan doesn’t come to town that often but when he does, beware! he is a very capable jockey, he rides regularly for Patrick Payne and Pat is a very good jockey himself.