‘Lotto ticket on four legs’: How to get your own Melbourne Cup horse

Of all the cherished items in Australian sport – think the premiership trophies of the AFL and NRL or cricket’s baggy green – the Melbourne Cup is the one that is attainable to the average punter. Theoretically.

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