Melbourne Cup
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"Riding the favourite, like she did in the Caulfield Cup, she took it all in her stride and gave him the perfect ride to win the race and also to prepare for a Melbourne Cup."
From Barron's • Nov. 3, 2025
The Melbourne Cup - the most prestigious horse race in the Southern Hemisphere - is held each November and is dubbed “The race that stops a nation.”
From Washington Times • Jun. 20, 2023
The Melbourne Cup — the most prestigious horse race in the Southern Hemisphere — is held each November and is dubbed “The race that stops a nation.”
From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2023
Some Maribyrnong residents blamed a floodwall erected around the nearby Flemington Racecourse, home to next month's annual Melbourne Cup horse race, for worsening the flooding, local media reported.
From Reuters • Oct. 17, 2022
It was Glen Leigh's first Melbourne Cup, and the sight at Flemington entranced him, threw a glamour over him, and he looked at it all and fancied himself alone, even in the vast crowd.
From The Sweep Winner by Gould, Nat
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