FILE PHOTO: Jockey Craig Williams, of Australia, poses with the cup after winning on Vow And Declare in race 7 during the Melbourne Cup Day at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia, November 5, 2019. AAP Image/Michael Dodge/via REUTERS
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian stayer Vow and Declare won the 159th running of the Melbourne Cup by a neck at Flemington racecourse on Tuesday with the race overshadowed by a stewards' protest and a horse pulling up lame with a cracked pelvis.
The Danny O'Brien-trained gelding kicked in the final metres to seal the A$8 million (£4.3 million) handicap and give jockey Craig Williams his maiden Melbourne Cup triumph after more than a decade of trying.
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