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home / archives / sport / horse racing /  4th November 1986

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Melbourne Cup Day is usually attended by many of the nation's leaders and in this case Premier of Queensland Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen was forecasting that Prime Minister Bob Hawke 'was in his last term of office'.

In case you are wondering, the horse 'Rising Fear' came second and Bob Hawke was re-elected in 1987.