Verry Elleegant beats Incentivise to win Melbourne Cup

Published November 1, 2021 9:50 pm

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Verry Elleegant has surged home to win Melbourne Cup from pre-race favorite Incentivise and Spanish Mission. It was the New Zealand-bred mare’s 10th Group 1 win and gave trainer Chris Waller a first victory in Australia’s most famous horse race. A crowd capped at 10,000 was at the Flemington Racecourse to watch the race as Melbourne continues to emerge from lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic. There was no crowd allowed in 2020

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