Emergencies set for Melbourne Cup - at last!

By Patrick Bartley
Updated November 7 2017 - 9:33am, first published November 6 2017 - 7:42pm

Next year's $6.2 million Melbourne Cup will for the first time have two and possibly four emergencies, ending a 150-year tradition of being the only major race in Australia not to have reserve runners.

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