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Japan world cup 3 horse5/16/2023 ![]() It’s the pre-eminent race of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival, and Melbourne Cup week. ![]() The Melbourne Cup is a 3200-metre race for three-year-olds and over, ran by the Victoria Racing Club at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Victoria. The prestige of the event is enough to draw an all-star field of leading stayers from around the world, but the spiralling prize purse certainly helps too. This year the prize money on offer stands at a handsome $8 million dollars. The Melbourne Cup is the country’s most prestigious thoroughbred race and also the richest two-mile contest in the global racing calendar. But as November approaches the focus shifts to the future, amid mounting speculation around which horse will be added to the illustrious honour roll. ![]() The Melbourne Cup is steeped in tradition and folklore, with the names Phar Lap, Tulloch and Makybe Diva as recognisable as any in the annals of Australia's sporting history.
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