"The race that stops a nation".
The Melbourne Cup is Australia's most well known annual Thoroughbred horse race. It is a 3,200 metre race for three-year-olds and over, as part of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.
It is the richest "two-mile" handicap in the world, and one of the richest turf races.
The total prize money for today’s race was AD 7.3 M.
The race was won by Cross Counter - AD 4 M, ahead of Marmelo - AD 1M, A Prince of Arran - AD .5M were the highest Placed.
It was the race that stopped the nation, but at the finish only one horse triumphed and one did not survive unfortunately.
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