Expert‘s top five tips for the Cup
Form guides can be complex even before a glass of champagne. One expert has taken the hard work out of things and prepared his five top tips.
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Francesca Cumani is joining 10s Melbourne Cup coverage from her rural retreat in England this year and thinks she’s tipped a winner.
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