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REVIEW HAS POTENTIAL TO REKINDLE THE MELBOURNE CUP
February 4, 2021 5:13 pm
By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor
In less than eight weeks,
Racing Victoria will lay bare its new rules for international horses.
Whatever is revealed, whether that
Werribee is retained or abandoned, vet checks are ramped up or entry dates are dramatically changed, the new rules will dramatically change the look and feel of the spring carnival, and most notably the Melbourne Cup.
Those who believe the internationalisation of the Cup has reached plague proportions – where foreign horses have represented half of some Cup fields – will be confident that numbers are about to be severely-reined in.