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24 horses ran in the 2008 Melbourne Cup.
24 horses ran in the 2010 Melbourne Cup.
You can watch the horses run at Flemington.
A limit of 24 horses can now run in the Melbourne Cup for safety reasons, though more than that have run in it in the past.
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Four horses cannot win one race in one year. If your looking for the top four finishers in the 2008 Melbourne Cup it was:1st 9 Viewed2nd 13 Bauer3rd 5 C'est La Guerre4th 6 Master O'Reilly
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Thoroughbred horses.
Normally about 24!!
So really silly people can place bets on horses
Three years old and over.