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The cup winning kid who ‘lost’ to a typo

Of all of the losers in the race that stops the nation, young  John Kavanagh could have been the hardest done by. Because it wasn’t another jockey who likely robbed him of a Melbourne cup – it was bad spelling.Get more great tales at heraldsun.com.au/ibaw  

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