Horse racing
Burns and Hobson's Cup day delight

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.

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