Its that time again, first tuesday of november, melbourne cup day. So, who has everyone ( anyone? ) bet on?

I got five dollars on tawqeet (the current favourite), five dollars on zipping (number 13 ) and drew number mahtoum in the sweeps at my school. ( canberra institute of technology ).

I hope i win. sucks that efficient got scratched though.

Dude, you do realize that most the people here are American and have no ***kazoo clue wtf you are talking about.

Being a Victorian, I don't follow the melbourne cup. It's a just another holiday to me.

I know that, i just wanted to show them how it feels to the non americans when they post about their holidays and events that ave no point outside the U.S.

*hi fives alpha1*

I am currently annoyed at Melbourne cup day. It made me miss a days work, and I'm casual so no pay ><

Best. Melbourne Cup Day. Ever.

I had to work a half day so I thought it was going to suck. Went down to the TAB (betting shop) after work with a mate to put a few dollars on the cup. While we were there he suggested we have a punt on the next race for the heck of it (not the cup, race 5 at Flemmington), so I put $2.50 each way on a horse with a cool name and 50 cents on a box trifecta on the horses with the three coolest names.

I was pretty darn stoked when my 30-1 nag crossed the finish line first for a $110 win. Then my mate pointed out that I'd got the trifecta...

$4,100!!!

Who won the cup? Some Japanese thing...?

Who cares, I'm gonna buy an LCD TV...

Woah! Nice one Spork.