![Trackwork: Tommy Berry riding Curren Mirotic. Japanese turnover on the Cup was $87 million.](/web/20161204145130im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/t/3/l/p/t/image.related.wideLandscape.460x259.gt3j7g.png/1480842723891.jpg)
Spring carnival poorer without foreign raiders: RV
A decade ago Australian racehorse trainers were complaining about the influx of foreign raiders cashing in on Melbourne's big spring carnival races, with even a legend like the late Bart Cummings floating the idea of a cap on international runners in the Melbourne Cup.