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days to the Cup · Tue 3 Nov
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races on the mail today
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meetings covered today
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winners from reads · Sunday 1 November

Today's cardThe meetings the mail is on · 2026-11-01 · jump times AEDT

MeetingCardFirst–last jump (AEDT)
Mornington9 races13:10–17:32

The mail is on 1 meeting today — 9 races, two plays on every one.

Yesterday on The RecordSunday 1 November · every read published, wins and losses

18 reads · 6 winners · 12 placed · 0 quinellas

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In the newsThe latest notes — Cup news, stable news, and the mail's own

the mail · 29 OCT

Saint George is OUT of the Melbourne Cup

Cup news this morning: the Caulfield Cup runner-up and Cox Plate fifth has been ruled out of Tuesday's race after failing the mandatory pre-race scans — stood down for the rest of the spring. That shuffles the deck: Bendigo Cup wi…

the mail · 27 OCT

The winner they talked their readers off

Lovely little moment at Hawkesbury on Tuesday. One of the free tips pages told its readers it "can't have" Mayleigh from the inside gate in the seventh — too much traffic, no leader, take Ouragan instead. Fair enough, that's an op…

the mail · 27 OCT

A follower turned $10 into $260 — two legs straight off the mail

Newcastle R7, Monday. A follower boxed the mail's two reads with his own third pick in a same-race multi: Chestime won, Jade Trees ran third, and the ticket paid $260 for $10. That's how the sheet is built to be used — we give you…

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