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Canberra fashionistas are taking coronavirus-forced changes in their stride, frocking up in backyards and parks across the capital to get their Melbourne Cup fashions on the field fix this week. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced changes to every aspect of the race that stops the nation, with Thoroughbred Park officials bracing for a crowd of just 650 compared to the 5000 who normally attend on Melbourne Cup day. Both the Melbourne Cup’s Victoria Racing Club and Canberra’s Thoroughbred…