Horse racing-Fatalities at Melbourne Cup

Nov 4 (Reuters) - Following is a factbox on recent fatalities at the Melbourne Cup after Admire Rakti died on Tuesday: 2014: Japanese-trained favourite Admire Rakti collapsed and died on its return to the stalls after finishing last in the gruelling 3,200 metre handicap at Flemington Racecourse. 2013: French mare Verema was euthanised after the five-year-old Aga Khan-owned mare snapped a major bone in its lower leg at the 2,000 metre mark. 1998: Singapore-trained horse Three Crowns was put down after shattering a leg. 1979: Dulcify, the 3-1 favourite, broke down with a fractured pelvis and was later euthanised. The gelding, foaled in New Zealand in 1975, won 10 races from 21 starts and was owned and raced by Colin Hayes. (Compiled by Sudipto Ganguly; Editing by Peter Rutherford)