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Think back to 2017 — corona was just the name of a beer and face masks were part of skincare regimes. It was a simpler time.
We asked the ABC audience what they thought about the Melbourne Cup and we got a mixed bag of results.
Some people thought it was cruel, others liked the chance to get together and some had strong opinions about hats:
"Absolute waste of everyone's time. Everyone looks like a douche with their stupid hats. Just brings out the worst in everyone." — Genevieve A
But that was four years ago.
Since then, the treatment of racehorses has come under scrutiny and we've been through a long slog of a pandemic, which saw many of the events that brought us joy cancelled.
