FARK.com: (4743477) 149 year history, the richest two-mile handicap horse race in the world. One Tuesday afternoon every year that Australia and New Zealand stop working for 3 minutes. The Melbourne Cup, not just another horse race

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		149 year history, the richest two-mile handicap horse race in the world. One Tuesday afternoon every year that Australia and New Zealand stop working for 3 minutes. The Melbourne Cup, not just another horse race (google.com.au)		20
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sunbird

2009-11-02 09:15:09 PM

Everyone in my office and flat has "had a flutter".
(Wages of sin I tell you)

Majick Thise

2009-11-02 09:30:40 PM

I understand... I am from Indiana where for 80+ years we had a racetrack that was used once a year. Now we use it TWICE a year. WooHoo!

festus

2009-11-02 09:53:59 PM

It's mayhem here.

I went out to the TAB (legal bookie) to get some tickets at 10.30 a.m.

It was already jointed. Had to line up for 15 min. to make my punt.

Now it's about an hour to race time.

Ales all around, for ALL my friends!

gopher321

2009-11-02 11:19:31 PM

2 bux on Gluebait.

global wombats

2009-11-03 12:46:44 AM

Hope you got a result festus. Bart let me down, Roman Emperor third last! My fault for taking advice from the mainstream media.

Here's a link to the full race if any farkers are interested. (new window)

Always a buzz to hear the crowd cheer as the horses go past the stands at the first pass, then a real thrill as they approach again for the finish.

T-Luv

2009-11-03 01:11:43 AM

festus: It's mayhem here.

I went out to the TAB (legal bookie) to get some tickets at 10.30 a.m.

It was already jointed. Had to line up for 15 min. to make my punt.

Now it's about an hour to race time.

Ales all around, for ALL my friends!

Cheerio, old chap! I hope you don't get stuck in a sticky wicket and your boot wins ten stone! Good luck, bollocks be with you!

global wombats

2009-11-03 01:21:42 AM

T-Luv: Cheerio, old chap! I hope you don't get stuck in a sticky wicket and your boot wins ten stone! Good luck, bollocks be with you!

Are you taking the mickey?

(I think he is taking the mickey).

Tofino

2009-11-03 01:29:16 AM

Hoping for Fark winners in that there stakes. Looks like fun.

mikaloyd

2009-11-03 01:31:08 AM

Are there wallabies in your paddock?

Outshined_One

2009-11-03 01:59:31 AM

I know people in this thread are speaking English, but I'll be damned if it's any English I know.

Chuckie2d0pe

2009-11-03 02:04:35 AM

T-Luv: Cheerio, old chap! I hope you don't get stuck in a sticky wicket and your boot wins ten stone! Good luck, bollocks be with you!

^This.

paj

2009-11-03 02:16:52 AM

All of Australia shuts down for the day, as does some of NZ. The stock market is even closed. I guess they figure everyone will do enough betting for the day. Shocking victory I must say though.

srhp29

2009-11-03 02:21:14 AM

I miss Barbaro

King Something

2009-11-03 04:12:02 AM

(insert tasteless Sarah Jessica Parker/glue/MRE joke here)

dittybopper

2009-11-03 10:09:34 AM

Yo, Australia, I'm really happy for you, and Imma let you finish, but Saratoga has the best horse race of all time.

Nana's Vibrator

2009-11-03 10:57:38 AM

Subby, I don't get it. Why would you watch retarded horses run 2 miles?

Uzzah

2009-11-03 12:40:03 PM

Since it's Australia, I assume they circle the track backwards. And drunk.

mtylerjr

2009-11-03 06:13:02 PM

Not a lot of people know this, but the losing horses are ground into a paste that is sold as a commercial product. Originally it was called "Ground Up Sweaty Horses in a Jar" but now it is known as "Marmite."

ADHD Librarian

2009-11-04 01:08:51 AM

Might be the Race That Stops a Nation,

but it isn't the Race That Starts a FARK Thread...

syndre

2009-11-04 02:21:04 AM

Subby needs to go to grammar school.

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