Melbourne Cup, the race that stops the nation is an exciting day in Australia. –  By TREVINE RODRIGO IN MELBOURNE Melbourne Cup, the race that stops the nation is an exciting day in Australia. It’s a day that even non punter’s like me splurge on a bet not knowing the difference between a horse and a mare. 🤣. And, a has been tradition over many years, and the next thing to being at Flemmington Racecourse is to watch it live on Telly while enjoying a day out at Philomena and Ruwanal’s in Keysborough. Bets aplenty while the racing is on. It was a great get-together as usual, with plenty of finger food brought in by guests and the hosts and a few drinks to celebrate the occasion. Managed to win some and lose some. But snared all three in one ticket to recover some of our losses. Straight on to ...

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The Race that Stops the Nation – will you be there? Story and pictures by Marie Pietersz               The Melbourne Cup – The Race! The Melbourne Cup – The Race! Melbourne Cup Grand Stand Melbourne Cup jockeys Melbourne Cup mounting yard Melbourne Cup the big screen The AFL and NRL finals have been played and won and our distracted sporting minds now turn to the next activity on the social calendar, the Spring Racing Carnival. We drag our attention away from the fierce barracking for our favourite teams and players to following the best horses vying for a place in the unmissable event, the world famous Melbourne Cup, run on the second Tuesday of November each year. Punter or not, you will be affected by the excitement of it all and no doubt have a a bet on the day, based on form, a tip, a name, a number, ...

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