In recent years the Melbourne Cup has been called Australia's deadliest horse race because of a run of tragedies on the track: 6 horse deaths in seven years. But as chief reporter for The Age, Chip Le Grand and racing writer for The Age, Damien Ractliffe discuss, that's not the only thing that has changed about the Melbourne Cup. COVID restrictions, globalisation and a long trend of fly-in, fly horses have all changed the face of Australia's great race. 

Read Chip Le Grand's story here.

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In recent years the Melbourne Cup has been called Australia's deadliest horse race because of a run of tragedies on the track: 6 horse deaths in seven years.&nbsp;But as chief reporter for&nbsp;The Age, Chip Le Grand and racing writer for&nbsp;The Age, Damien Ractliffe discuss, that's not the only thing that has changed about the Melbourne Cup. COVID restrictions, globalisation and a long trend of fly-in, fly horses have all changed the face of Australia's great race.&nbsp;
Read Chip Le Grand's story <a href="https://www.smh.com.au/national/how-can-we-stop-the-melbourne-cup-ending-in-tragedy-20210910-p58qob.html">here</a>.
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