Horse racing-King of Leogrance scratched from Melbourne Cup

ByReuters

Published 02/11/2020 at 23:27 GMT

MELBOURNE, Nov 3 (Reuters) - The Danny O'Brien-trained King of Leogrance has been scratched from Tuesday's A$8 million ($5.6 million) Melbourne Cup after being found lame, reducing Australia's most famous horse race to 23 runners, stewards said.

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"The horse was inspected by RV veterinarians upon request of the stable and was found to be lame in its off fore leg," Racing Victoria (RV) stewards said in a statement.

The two-mile handicap starts at 3 p.m. local time (0400 GMT) at a closed Flemington Racecourse.

Local trainer O'Brien still has three runners, including last year's winner Vow and Declare, Russian Camelot and Miami Bound.

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($1 = 1.4178 Australian dollars) (Reporting by Ian Ransom; Editing by Richard Pullin)

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