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Mick Robins – the oldest member of an exclusive club
The list of living Australian-based Melbourne Cup-winning trainers is a relatively short one. An exclusive club, no less, and one which is becoming harder to join. Perhaps that’s no surprise given that three men – Bart Cummings (12), Lee Freedman (5) and George Hanlon (3) – won almost half the Cups between 1965 and 2008.... Read More
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