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Does Horse Racing go clockwise or counter clockwise in Australia?
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∙ 11y ago
Melbourne (where they race left-handed, or counter-clockwise)
Why does some states race clock-wise and other states race counter-clockwise? I was once told that it may go back to the goldrush when Americans came here. Americans run their horses in the opposite direction to the English and some states stayed with the English way and some like Victoria where there were a lot of American miners adopted the American way. Not sure if it is true or not but at least it seems plausible.
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