Melbourne Cup Day
Nov 1st 2010 | 4:27 pm
#16
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Re: Melbourne Cup Day
Get the steeplechase back. This race is over in 3 minutes! I didnt even have chance to open my beer. I dont see the difference from this race and any other flat race apart. Theres no excitement as there are no fallers or horses refusing jumps. Pretty poor excuse for a "world class" race if you ask me.
Nov 1st 2010 | 5:31 pm
#18
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Nov 1st 2010 | 6:33 pm
#19
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Re: Melbourne Cup Day
If the international racing fraternity reckon it's one of the world's premier races, and international trainers are desperate to get over here and win it then it must be.
I don't know too many horse races worldwide that get 110,000 crowds and the winner gets $3.3 million
I don't know too many horse races worldwide that get 110,000 crowds and the winner gets $3.3 million
Last edited by ProudVIC; Nov 1st 2010 at 6:36 pm.
Nov 1st 2010 | 6:39 pm
#20
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Re: Melbourne Cup Day
And then there is the cockroach racing at our local ... it's a sporting hotbed full of prestige is Oz. 
Nov 1st 2010 | 9:19 pm
#22
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Nov 1st 2010 | 11:19 pm
#24
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Re: Melbourne Cup Day
yaaaaaaayyyyyy am 200 bucks richer!
Nov 1st 2010 | 11:41 pm
#25
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Nov 2nd 2010 | 12:12 am
#26
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Re: Melbourne Cup Day
Get the steeplechase back. This race is over in 3 minutes! I didnt even have chance to open my beer. I dont see the difference from this race and any other flat race apart. Theres no excitement as there are no fallers or horses refusing jumps. Pretty poor excuse for a "world class" race if you ask me.
If the international racing fraternity reckon it's one of the world's premier races, and international trainers are desperate to get over here and win it then it must be.
I don't know too many horse races worldwide that get 110,000 crowds and the winner gets $3.3 million
I don't know too many horse races worldwide that get 110,000 crowds and the winner gets $3.3 million
And for those of of you who lost your shirts... I'd did advise Maluckyday in about Post 3!
Nov 3rd 2010 | 8:23 pm
#27
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Re: Melbourne Cup Day
I went to the cup, was a great day, kept pinching myself... living in Melbourne, and at the cup! It was all just a dream 3 years ago! 
Nov 3rd 2010 | 8:51 pm
#28
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Re: Melbourne Cup Day
[QUOTE=BadgeIsBack;8956847]Luck turned your way then?
It's a no big deal race, technically. The point is the history%
It's a no big deal race, technically. The point is the history%
Last edited by ProudVIC; Nov 3rd 2010 at 8:54 pm.
Nov 3rd 2010 | 9:14 pm
#29
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Re: Melbourne Cup Day
It is one of the biggest horse races in the world - FACT!. Lets celebrate the fact not knock it. Especially you lucky buggers in Vic who have a day off. A great spectacle and no mean feat to win it. Its pure racing not the ridiculous cruel lottery of the Grand National!
And for those of of you who lost your shirts... I'd did advise Maluckyday in about Post 3!
And for those of of you who lost your shirts... I'd did advise Maluckyday in about Post 3!
The only event I have seen that beats anywhere else is NYE on Sydney Harbour, theyve got that nailed down to a T.
