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By Larry Rivera, About.com Guide to Australia / NZ Travel since 1997

And Then There Were 22

Monday November 3, 2008
The Melbourne Cup field, set to run at 3pm today, November 4, local time, has been reduced to 22 horses after $81 chance Yellowstone was scratched on Monday night, the day before the big race, due to failure to recover from a hip injury.

Yellowstone's scratching followed that of $71 chance Zarita on Monday morning, local time.

There had been doubts about erstwhile top favorite Septimus but the horse's connections have been reported as having confirmed the top-weight Irish stayer and this year's Irish St Leger winner, relegated to second favorite by Mad Rush, would certainly be in the running in the $5.5-million 3200m race.

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