Melbourne Cup Orb #4 Locationless, Locationless, Locationless
By n0w0rries on 03-Nov-20. Waypoint GA18976

Melbourne Cup Orb #4

Fourth and final of four Orbs dedicated to THE RACE THAT STOPS THE NATION.

Phar Lap with jockey Jim Pike at Flemington Racecourse c. 1930. ~ wikipedia

The Melbourne Cup is Australia's most famous annual Thoroughbred horse race. It is a 3200-metre race for three-year-olds and over,
conducted by the Victoria Racing Club on the Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Victoria as part of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.
It is the richest "two-mile" handicap in the world and one of the richest turf races. The event starts at 3:00 pm on the first Tuesday of November
and is known locally as "the race that stops the nation".

The Melbourne Cup has a long tradition, with the first race held in 1861. It was originally over two miles (3.219 km)
but was shortened to 3,200 metres (1.988 mi) in 1972 when Australia adopted the metric system.
This reduced the distance by 18.688 metres (61.312 ft), and Rain Lover's 1968 race record of 3:19.1 was accordingly adjusted to 3:17.9.
The present record holder is the 1990 winner Kingston Rule with a time of 3:16.3.

Quarantine

International horses (New Zealand not included) entered for the Melbourne Cup must undergo quarantine in an approved premises in their own country
for a minimum period of 14 days before travelling to Australia. The premises must meet the Australian Government Standards.
The Werribee International Horse Centre at Werribee racecourse is the Victorian quarantine station for international horses competing in the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.
The facility has stabling for up to 24 horses in five separate stable complexes and is located 32 km from the Melbourne CBD.

Melbourne Cup Orb

Celebrate the Melbourne Cup by claiming your orb research materials.
Each day that the orb is active you can claim one orb by clicking or tapping on the available orb.
To collect all of the orbs for this orb research you will need to visit each day that the orb is active as there is no catch-up mechanism to claim an orb you may have missed.
We hope you enjoy the orb research materials as they move you closer to trading for in-game and real-world items.

Research Orb

https://geocaching.com.au/my/dragonzone/research/orb/melbournecup

Each day your claims will show in your account after you click on the Orb.
To keep claiming in this series, you must not miss any Orbs!
To claim a find here you need the first 2 Orbs.
You will also need to have already logged Melbourne Cup Orb #1 , Melbourne Cup Orb #2 and Melbourne Cup Orb #3

Remember to take a screenshot or photo and upload it with your log to also claim a valid find here.

(If you have already logged some of this series, please check to make sure that you have uploaded the required picture on each of those logs too.
Thanks, n0w0rries)