The Melbourne Cup

The race that stops a nation – The Melbourne Cup

2nd November 2010, Melbourne Cup day is a Public Holiday in the Australian State of Victoria.

The Emirates Melbourne Cup runs at 3pm Victorian time
(2:00pm QLD, 2:30pm South Australia, 12:00 noon Western Australia and 1:00 pm Northern Territory)

The horses are:

• Americain
• Bauer
• Buccellati
• Campanologist
• Descarado
• Harris Tweed
• Holberg
• Illustrious Blue
• Linton
• Maluckyday
• Manighar
• Master O’Reilly
• Monaco Consul
• Mr Medici
• Once Were Wild
• Precedence
• Profound Beauty
• Red Ruler
• Shocking
• Shoot Out
• So You Think
• Tokai Trick
• Zavite
• Zipping

The winner of the 2010 Melbourne cup is….  we shall see…

My guess ?   Maluckyday, Shocking, Shoot Out and So You Think.

How to bet, for those new to horse race betting.
Win: If your horse wins the race, you win!
Place: If your horse comes 1st, 2nd or 3rd, you win! (as long as there are 8 or more starters)
Each Way: A combined Win and Place bet in one.
Quinella: Pick the 1st and 2nd in any order.
Trifecta: Pick the 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the correct order.

And the result was:

1st Americain
2nd Maluckyday
3rd So You Think
4th Zipping
5th Harris Tweed
6th Holberg
7th Manighar
8th Precedence
9th Illustrious Blue
10th Mr Medici
11th Once Were Wild
12th Tokai Trick
13th Shoot Out
14th Monaco Consul
15th Master O’Reilly
16th Campanologist
17th Profound Beauty
18th Shocking
19th Red Ruler
20th Buccellati
21st Linton
22nd Zavite
Descarado (Did Not Finish)
Scratched Bauer (Did Not Run)