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The Melbourne Cup
The Melbourne Cup is Australia's most famous horse race and one of the major horse racing events throughout the world. The Melbourne Cup is known as The Race That Stops a Nation, taking place every year on the first Tuesday of November. Millions of Australians, in schools, at work, in their homes stand eyes glued to the television to watch a single horse race that lasts no more than a few minutes. The Melbourne Cup is a 3200m handicap and one of Melbourne's biggest annual sporting events since 1861. What makes the Melbourne Cup different from other horse races is that it is not just about racing - it's the atmosphere and the fashion and the parties. Naturally the Melbourne Cup is also the biggest single betting event in Australia. The Melbourne Cup draws more than 100,000 people to the Flemington Racecourse every year. The total value of the Cup is now worth $5 million dollars making it the wealthiest horse racing handicap anywhere in the world!
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Melbourne Cup 2007
The Melbourne Cup 2007 took place on November 6, 2007. The Melbourne Cup 2007 winner was Efficient, a New Zealand horse that just edged Purple Moon from Ireland - coming second, and British horse Mahler third. The famous Melbourne Cup always runs on the first Tuesday of November. The Melbourne Cup is the main event of the four day ' cup carnival', which begins with the Victoria Derby Day, then the Melbourne Cup Day, continueing with the Crown Oaks Day, and ending with the Stakes Day. Melbourne Cup attracts the best horses from around the world to compete for total prize money of $5 million. The winner receives around $3,000,000, 2nd place $750,000, 3rd place $375,000, 4th place $200,000 and 5th place $125,000.
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Melbourne Cup 2006 Results
Japanese racehorse Delta Blues won the 2006 Melbourne Cup at Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse. Delta Blues is the first Asian horse and only the third foreign horse that has won the Melbourne Cup. The two other lucky ones were Vintage Crop in 1993 and Media Puzzle in 2002. Second place was taken by Pop Rock, another Japanese horse. Both Delta Blues and Pop Rock are trained by Katsuhiko Sumii of Japan. In third place was Australian horse Maybe Better.
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Melbourne Cup 2008 Calendar
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Melbourne Cup is Australia's most famous horse race, the race that stops a nation : Aussiepunter