FILE PHOTO: Sports betters sit on 'racehorses' made from hay and toy horse heads as they watch a live telecast of the Melbourne Cup horse race, sponsored by an Australian betting firm in the center of Sydney's business district, November 4, 2014. REUTERS/Jason Reed
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian-bred stayer Incentivise will look to cap a golden Spring with victory in the A$8 million ($6 million) Melbourne Cup on Tuesday as the runaway favourite in "the race that stops the nation".
The Peter Moody-trained gelding has captured the imagination of the sports-mad country, winning its last nine starts and blitzing the field in last month's 2,400-metre Caulfield Cup, a traditional formguide for the Cup.
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