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A record crowd flocked to
Flemington to cheer home Plastered in today's Group One AAMI Victoria Derby.
Some 115,542 people poured through the
turnstiles to attend today's meeting - regarded by racing purists as the
best day's racing in Australia.
This figure was well up on last year's Derby
crowd of 97,059 - and easily ecliped the record Derby Day attendance of
101,898 in 2002.
Perfect weather greeted racegoers at
Flemington today and the sunshine hung around all day until the last of nine
races when the local Great is Great won the Yallambee Stud Stakes at Group
Three level.
VRC officials are hoping they can go close to
beating the Melbourne Cup Day record crowd of 122,736 set last year. Some
showers are predicted at this early stage for Tuesday.
© 2010 Published 30/10/04
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