News » Sport Thought: Melbourne Cup still evokes cheers despite foreign fears by Michael Lynch

Sport Thought: Melbourne Cup still evokes cheers despite foreign fears by Michael Lynch

In just a few weeks, the Melbourne Cup for 2018 will have been run and won.

Another horse will have etched its name in the record books and become part of Australian turf history.

Chances are that the whoever gallops off with the lion’s share of the $7 million prizemoney will be either trained in Europe or Japan, or have begun its racing life there before being imported to race here.

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