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Melbourne Cup

noun

  1. an annual horse race run in Melbourne, since 1861

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Knight's Choice has won Australia's famous Melbourne Cup, in a dramatically close race which went to a photo finish.

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Bobby surprised his son by travelling to Australia for his Melbourne Cup debut, and was in the crowd to watch his victory.

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Without A Fight has won Australia's famous Melbourne Cup horse race, giving jockey Mark Zahra back-to-back cup victories.

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The famous Melbourne Cup horse race runs on Tuesday, but some of the shortest odds are on an Aussie central bank rate hike over in Sydney that day.

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A great uncle won horse racing's Melbourne Cup in 1966.

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