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She's the glamorous WAG who is usually front and centre by the race track at Flemington on Cup day.
But on Tuesday, Jessie Murphy (née Habermann) celebrated the biggest day in the Spring Racing Carnival, the Melbourne Cup, in a rather unusual way.
Instead of watching the race that stops the nation on the field, Jessie enjoyed a day out at the RosemontStud thoroughbred nursery in Victoria when she learned all about how the horses are 'cared for from the moment they are born'.
Jessie Murphy's VERY different Melbourne Cup this year: AFL WAG visited a thoroughbred horse nursery in Victoria on Tuesday to learn about the welfare of the animals
'What an incredible day we had,' Jessie wrote underneath a series of pictures of herself with her AFL star husband Marc Murphy patting some thoroughbreds.
'So special to meet Shamus Award who sired Incentivise - a hot favourite for today's Melbourne Cup. This little one is also from Shamus Award, I wonder if she will grow up to be a legend of the track too,' she wrote.
She finished: 'The care for these incredible athletes starts
