No regrets on upholding tradition as VRC awaits call on owners at Cup

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Victoria Racing Club chairman Amanda Elliott says her club does not regret its decision to keep its carnival in early November as it awaits government approval to host owners on course.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.Victoria Racing Club chairman Amanda Elliott says her club does not regret the decision to keep its carnival in early November as it awaits government approval to host up to 1000 connections on each of the four days of Cup week.

"For us [tradition is] an enormously important part of the huge success and reason why we have 750 million people watching worldwide; it's part of everybody's calendar." "I'm just sad and disappointed we can't share this in a real sense with everyone, but we'll be sharing it in a visual sense." Elliott said the financial hit to the race club, its suppliers and the economy, caused by COVID-19, could not be understated."If we just isolate Cup week alone, the financial hit to all of the businesses, that for all intents and purposes rely on these two weeks for the viability of their business, will be enormous," she said.

But the race shapes as one for the ages. Never have the locals boasted a crop of stayers that shape as genuine threats to the internationals, horses such as Verry Elleegant, Russian Camelot and Surprise Baby.

 

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The revolting want of horse racing should never exist I really thought decent thinking people would see the true cruelty it is only for people to make millions on beautiful creatures suffering, poor animals have no choice my opinion only

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