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Melbourne Cup deaths: Cap on races for internationals mooted as key to reducing mortality rate – Racenet
The Victoria Racing Club wants to limit the number of races newly arrived internationals can run in before the Melbourne Cup.
The Victoria Racing Club wants to limit the number of races newly arrived internationals can run in before the Melbourne Cup.
The proposed cap is one potential safeguard Racing Victoria and its expert panel will consider as part of its wide-ranging review into Cup deaths.
Anthony Van Dyck last month became the sixth Cup horse to die at Flemington in six years.
Three of the past four Cup casualties — Admire Rakti (2014), The Cliffsofmoher (2018) and Anthony Van Dyke (2020) — broke down two weeks…
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