GOOGLE Maps says it is 211.7km from Echuca racecourse to the hallowed straight at Flemington, but on Melbourne Cup day, a winner is a winner regardless of which track you are going around.

Swan Hill’s Helen Burns and Nathan Hobson weren’t at Flemington, but they were winners at Echuca.

And they were both torn on where to be.

Burns also had three runners at Mildura’s non-TAB meeting and we...