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Makybe Diva
The Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) is not just Australia’s greatest horse race, but a national phenomenon. British racing folk may marvel, or even wince, that such status belongs to a handicap – or even that it’s a Group 1 – but the quirky evolution of egalitarian Australia has made it so; where the fabled... Read More
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Tropicus
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Hard Kick (AUS)
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