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What a beautiful day for it!!! 24 degrees in Melbourne today (but don't let that fool you.. If you're dressing up today for the champagne marqee don't forget to wear layers. You know what they say about Melbourne weather, "if you don't like it, wait ten minutes" :wah: no really it's true. :wah:



So who's racing in one of the most prestigious races on the planet? The race that stops a nation?

DUNADEN

GREEN MOON

RED CADEAUX

SEA MOON

BROWN PANTHER

FIORENTE

FORETELLER

DANDINO

ETHIOPIA

FAWKNER

MOURAYAN

SEVILLE

SUPER COOL

MASKED MARVEL

MOUNT ATHOS

ROYAL EMPIRE

VOLEUSE DE COEURS

HAWKSPUR

SIMENON

IBICENCO

VEREMA

DEAR DEMI

TRES BLUE

anyone up for a sweep? Just pick a horse and put some virtual money down and win the virtual prize money.

You have till 3pm this afternoon (my time) to do it

This link gives you the low down on each horse.

Melbourne Cup 2013: Our experts rate the runners

Normally because you never quite know with a Melbourne Cup I usually pick by the shortest name or the pretty colours the riders are wearing.

I'm putting $20 on "Fawkner" for a win and a place. Why? because a lot of my past family members are buried in Fawkner Cemetary. (probably not the best omen but anyhoo.

fuzzywuzzy;1439497 wrote: I'm putting $20 on "Fawkner" for a win and a place. Why? because a lot of my past family members are buried in Fawkner Cemetary. (probably not the best omen but anyhoo.


I was drawn to Dunaden and Sea Moon. Mostly because they're near the top and I like the names (OK, I read Dunaden as Dunedin and liked the idea of a Kiwi in Oz).

I'll take $20 on Sea Moon

You know? sometimes I think the way they name some of these horses is just to take the mick out of the race callers. :wah:

Gorgeous day here though, Flemington will be packed to the rafters.

Live streaming of the Cup.

Webcam Radio - ABC Melbourne - Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Well, I put 10 bucks on Fawkner to show

This is the 2011 Melbourne cup Closest Cup win EVER.

Just to get in the mood .

Hmmmm...Dunaden and Red Cadeaux Came first and second back then ...another Cup for them both? Maybe

There's a lot of money In England going on Royal Empire and I tend to agree with them.

Although rocked with doping scandal, this young pretender Is out of the Godolphin stable.

He hasn't got much form but he's fast.... worth a gamble.

Webcam Radio - ABC Melbourne - Australian Broadcasting Corporation

In the mounting yards and they are about to race...if you're interested the stream link above .

Waiting ..............ooh it's so exciting .

Just realised the stream is exactly what I'm listening to on the radio .huh

Gaye Waterhouse has her first Melbourne cup.

3:06pm: FIORENTE wins the Melbourne Cup! Finally, a breakthrough for trainer Gai Waterhouse.

The race favourite staged a memorable battle with the written-off Red Cadeaux down the straight to triumph. Mount Athos takes third in a memorable 2013 Melbourne Cup.

It's another Melbourne Cup for jockey Damien Oliver and some form of redemption after he spent a large portion of the last year suspended.

It was intriguing to watch two previous second-placed horses in this race battle for the title down the Flemington straight.

Read more: Melbourne Cup 2013 live

One good reason I stay away from flat racing and stick to National Hunt. I couldn't pick a flat winner If my life depended on It.

Shame the race was marred with such tragedy.

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It's the way they breed them now ...useless after they've raced . Back in the old days they were sturdier and less spindly. If you look at phar lap as a case in hand he carried 54kg extra and still won. If you did that to a horse today they'd die as soon as jumping out of the barriers.

Anyway here's the actual race . I think I came sixth.