Could a cheetah win the Melbourne Cup?
- Written by Christofer Clemente, Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biomechanics, University of the Sunshine Coast
Every year on the first Tuesday of November, many Australians tune in to watch “the race that stops a nation”: the Melbourne Cup.
Run at Flemington across 3,200 metres (two miles), the Melbourne Cup dates back to 1861.
It’s one of the world’s richest races, with A$10 million in total prize money on offer this year.
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