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Andrew Carter

Check out Andrew Carter’s articles on the Colossus blog; the home of news, features and previews for football, sport and horse racing.

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    2019 Melbourne Cup Preview: Part 2

    Turnbull Stakes day is the equine equivalent of moving day at the US Master golf championship and this year’s Turnbull Stakes meeting at Flemington was no exception with Melbourne Cup and Cox Plate dreams becoming reality for some, while for others their confidence was shattered.

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    2019 Melbourne Cup Preview

    The Melbourne Cup, run over 3200m at Flemington on the first Tuesday in November, is for the average Australian and remains Australia’s greatest race. It’s the only race that actually stops the entire nation for the three and a bit minutes that it takes to run and became part of Australian folklore long ago.