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MELBOURNE: The race that stops a nation also saw tens of thousands of spectators prevented from attending one of the biggest single-day sporting events in Australia. But like a familiar refrain in 2020, blame Covid-19. Irish-bred Twilight Payment, ridden by Jye McNeil and trained by Irishman Joseph O’Brien, gave Australian owner Lloyd Williams his seventh win in the Melbourne Cup. …

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