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...horses to participate in Melbourne's Spring Carnival, a series of thoroughbred horse races that are held through October and November. His stallion Bankable is set to start in the $655,000 LKS Mackinnon Stakes race on Oct. 31, and his gelding Mourilyan will race in the Melbourne Cup itself. Both horses are about to be quarantined in England before flying to to Australia. If Australian authorities don't intervene - which some politicians here are saying they should - they are due to arrive in Australia on Oct. 10. (See pictures of Chechnya today...
...some, the answer is clear. Australian Greens Party Senator Bob Brown has said that hosting Kadyrov's racehorses in the $4.95 million Melbourne Cup, could be "the lowest point of Australia's sporting history." Brown is running a campaign to ban the horses from entering the country. "He shouldn't be benefiting from our Spring Carnival. The prospect of his horses winning the Melbourne Cup is nauseating," Brown told TIME...
...With Kadyrov's official income declaration of an $110,000 salary and a 36 square-meter apartment in Grozny, Kadyrov's penchant for racing has at least raised a few eyebrows in the Russian media. A spokesman for Victoria Races said the cost of sending Mourilyan to the Melbourne Cup alone is in the six figures. Kadyrov's spokesperson, Alvi Karimov, refused to comment on any of Kadyrov's racehorses or on Mourilyan's entry in the Melbourne Cup to TIME on Sept. 21. (Read "Killings of Russia's Human-Rights Activists Continue...
...While Mourilyan's slated appearance at this year's Melbourne Cup seems to be causing headaches for Australian politicians and Spring Carnival organizers, the horse's British trainer Gary Moore told TIME that he "wouldn't be fussed" if it was disqualified for political reasons. Purchased by Kadyrov from the Aga Khan in 2008, Mourilyan has seen more of the world than most Chechens, and has competed in Ireland, Dubai, and the United Kingdom when it competes overseas he is trained by a South African trainer . Moore says that Mourilyan has a "decent chance" of winning if the ground...
...original version of this story incorrectly identified the day of the running of The Melbourne Cup...