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[Racehorse No.5 with jockey on Melbourne Cup Day at Flemington Racecourse]

Racehorse No. 5 with jockey standing beside it, inside a fenced off path as spectators watch from the grandstand above. Several men in suits stand around the horse with one holding the reigns. Another racehorse in its own fenced area in background.

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Date(s): 1949-11-01

Creator: Victorian Railways, photographer.

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