Around Australia, we love our horse racing and we thought we’d unfold Australia’s biggest and most famous festival, The Melbourne Spring Festival. Sit back & savour as we guide people through the biggest race in Australia, uncovering Melbourne’s stars of Melbourne’s Turf & of course the trainers & riders in the lead of this astonishing industry. This is Victoria’s finest moment for punters to acquire their money’s worth.
Once we eventually get over Derby Day and by god it is a huge day, we anticipate ourselves for the day that stops a nation, The Melbourne Cup. Ever since the inception of the race, the stories of Archer being paced down from Sydney to challenge the Trophy & who won the first two runnings of it to boot, Australians have been engaged. Melbournians even have a public holiday to party!
The love experience that was Makybe Diva & the Australian population was something to be admired. Makybe Diva was why people went to the track. To win 3 Melbourne Cups in progression is something which we seemingly won’t ever be repeated again. What about the awe Australians got when Dermot Weld came out & took the Cup back to Ireland in ‘93 with Vintage Crop. Or conceivably when he did it again back in ‘02 with Media Puzzle. What about Sheila Laxon winning with Ethereal, or the famed Might And Power and Doriemus photo ending. The rain poured down in ‘74 & Van Der Hum brought it home.
And then maybe there was Bart. JB Cummings. The Cups King. The man who has trained the Melbourne Cup hero a lazy 11 times. With horses such as Light Fingers, Galilee, Think Big (twice), Hyperno, Let’s Elope and Saintly triumphanting for him in the past. In 2008 punters and bookies alike were anticipating Viewed could do it for the Cup Kings and accomplish that lazy eleven a decent dozen over the curtain & who would have though the soon to be 80 year old would in fact achieve it. Well finished Bart, you are actually the king of the Turf. With so many TAB and online sports betting websites in Australia, punters can easily place their bets.
We will additionally not forget the hot water Luca Cumani and 2nd place winner Bauer landed in after it was exposed the horse acquired shockwave therapy, forbidden within 7 days of the Melbourne Cup. The commotion was exceptional, particularly after it was found an RVL chosen veterinarian administered the therapy.
