Published: November 04, 2019
A spate of horse deaths and an expose of equine mistreatment means this year’s race takes place against a backdrop of serious welfare concerns
Thoroughbred racing and a sense of identity aren’t the most comfortable of bedfellows. To the converted, racing is the sport of kings, where man and beast unite in a battle that is poetry in motion. To its detractors it’s barely a sport at all, rather a business and not a particularly honourable one at that.
On one day of the year, however, identity seems less of a problem. On the first Tuesday each November, Australians provide a fervent reminder that they’re the world’s biggest gamblers by splurging on the Melbourne Cup. In Victoria, everyone gets the day off work. For a horse race.
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