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Originally Posted by Borntorun
I watched the Melbourne Cup the other night and am new to Australian racing. I got a free PP from TVG and noticed numerous runners had run on 11/3/07. Same applies to tonight's Crown Oaks. Several of the ML favorites and selections ran on 11/3/07. Is this common over there?
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Not usually, most of the time horses get 2-3 weeks off between races.
But this is one of the richest weeks of the year in Australian racing, so it's a different story. The same thing happens in the UK, quite a few horses run twice in the Royal Ascot week.
It's a tough ask for the horses, but they usually get a very long break after this week - most don't race again until about February.