Eyes glued to TV on Tuesday for action in Australia and US
The 160th running of Melbourne Cup takes place on November 3 and later the US presidential election gets under way
27 October 2020 - 17:28
Armchair TV viewers who are interested in both horse racing and politics face a stamina test next Tuesday, with the 160th running of the Melbourne Cup and a bout between Donald Trump and Joe Biden in the US.
The action starts around 6am with the cameras — but no spectators — at Flemington racecourse in Melbourne for the “race which stops the nation”. When this writer attended the Cup in 2005 — the year Makybe Diva completed a historic hat-trick — the crowd was 120,000 strong so there will be a ghostly feel to Flemington next Tuesday...
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