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light up rain-hit Melbourne Cup and its strict 'no thongs' rule
THE world's most glamorous racegoers - and Manchester United legend Sir Alex Ferguson - lit up a rain-soaked Melbourne Cup… where punters had to stick to a'no thongs' rule.
Winner
Gold Trip, a 20-1 shot, bagged a £2.5million windfall
for jockey Mark Zahra and trainers Ciaron Maher and English-born David Eustace.
And while that horse stole the show…