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BITALLI

ith this being the 100th anniversary of Bitalli’s remarkable Melbourne Cup win, it is worth at least a brief comment on the gelding. We have mentioned him in the past as it is such a unique story of how he had only two runs for his new owner, winning the Adelaide Tattersall’s Cup before going into the Melbourne Cup without

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