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The '''Melbourne Cup''' is a Thoroughbred horse race held in Melbourne, Australia. It is a 3200-metre race for three-year-olds and older, conducted by the Victoria Racing Club on the Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Victoria as part of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival. | |||
This is a '''list of horse that have died at the''' '''Melbourne Cup.''' | |||
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|'''Anthony Van Dyck''' | |||
|2020 | |||
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|<ref name=":0">[https://www.news.com.au/sport/superracing/melbourne-cup/melbourne-cup-horse-breaks-down-during-the-race/news-story/868de750c33184554d176c88d0fcddf8 Tragedy as Melbourne Cup horse Anthony Van Dyck dies] ''news.com.au''</ref> | |||
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|'''Cliffsofmoher''' | |||
|2018 | |||
|Fractured shoulder | |||
|Euthanised | |||
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|'''Regal Monarch''' | |||
|2016 | |||
|Fall | |||
|Fatal fall | |||
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|'''Red Cadeaux''' | |||
|2015 | |||
|Broke his left foreleg | |||
|Euthanised | |||
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|'''Admire Rakti''' | |||
|2014 | |||
|Collapsed after race | |||
|Died in stall | |||
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|'''Araldo''' | |||
|2014 | |||
|Broken leg | |||
|Euthanised | |||
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|'''Verema''' | |'''Verema''' | ||
|2013 | |2013 | ||
|Snapped a bone in her leg | |Snapped a bone in her leg | ||
|Euthanised | |Euthanised | ||
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== See also == | |||
* [[Horse racing deaths by year]] | |||
* [[List of horse fatalities in the Grand National]] | |||
== References == | |||
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