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The race that stops a nation: Australia’s Melbourne Cup Posted by Gabriele on Nov 5, 2014
Australia’s Derby Day, or the Melbourne Cup, is also known as “the race that stops a nation,” because everyone in Australia really does stop to watch this horse race! Horse racing is a very popular spectator sport in Australia and the Melbourne Cup is the biggest of all horse races in the country. In fact…