Champion mare Let’s Elope dead at 29

Melbourne Cup winner Let’s Elope has died, aged 29.

Let’s Elope’s 1991 Cup win was her fourth-straight victory in a seven-race streak for trainer Bart Cummings before her racing career ended in the United States.

Lauriston Park’s Chris and Kathie Bakker said Let’s Elope died peacefully in her sleep lying underneath a gum tree in her favourite paddock on Monday night.

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