Tuesday, November 07, 2006
The Melbourne Cup - the race that stops a nation - was held today. Melbourne Cup is Australia's major annual thoroughbred horse race. It is generally regarded as the most prestigious "two-mile" handicap in the world.
The 2006 Melbourne Cup race started at 3:00pm AEDT and was won by Delta Blues (horse number 2), just ahead of Pop Rock (horse number 12), with Maybe Better (horse number 23) coming in third place. Both Delta Blues and Pop Rock were Japanese horses trained by Katsuhiko Sumii. Maybe Better was the Australian horse with the highest placing. This is the first time in the race history that a Japanese horse has won the race.
Now for some trivia about the Melbourne Cup:
- It is for three-year-olds and over (we're talking about race horses, not people)
- The race covers a distance of 3200 metres
- The event is held on the first Tuesday in November by the Victoria Racing Club
- It is held on the Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, which can hold 135,000
- $20 million was expected to change hands just at the track today
- Almost 80% of Australian adults bet on the race
- 800kg of smoked salmon, 2 tonnes of beef, 50,000 sandwiches and 40,000 party pies were ordered at the track
- Punters would have washed the food down with 165,000 cans of beer, 50,000 bottles of sparkling wine and 1,000 bottles of champagne in the members' area
The 2006 Melbourne Cup race started at 3:00pm AEDT and was won by Delta Blues (horse number 2), just ahead of Pop Rock (horse number 12), with Maybe Better (horse number 23) coming in third place. Both Delta Blues and Pop Rock were Japanese horses trained by Katsuhiko Sumii. Maybe Better was the Australian horse with the highest placing. This is the first time in the race history that a Japanese horse has won the race.
Now for some trivia about the Melbourne Cup:
- It is for three-year-olds and over (we're talking about race horses, not people)
- The race covers a distance of 3200 metres
- The event is held on the first Tuesday in November by the Victoria Racing Club
- It is held on the Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, which can hold 135,000
- $20 million was expected to change hands just at the track today
- Almost 80% of Australian adults bet on the race
- 800kg of smoked salmon, 2 tonnes of beef, 50,000 sandwiches and 40,000 party pies were ordered at the track
- Punters would have washed the food down with 165,000 cans of beer, 50,000 bottles of sparkling wine and 1,000 bottles of champagne in the members' area
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