Auction day at Echuca, where horse racing's also-rans await their fate

Some will end up in good homes, others as pet meat. Others bypass the sales altogether

At the Echuca saleyards, 200km north of the glamour of Melbourne’s spring racing carnival, a row of thoroughbreds are waiting to be auctioned.

They are a mixed bunch. The first has worn a deep track in the dirt of her high-fenced yard and is dark with sweat. A few pens over, another mare is quietly surveying the crowd. She has already been reserved by a buyer who saw her photo on Facebook.

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