Spring Horse Racing Carnival
Throughout Australia, we appreciate our horse racing and we thought we’d feature Australia’s largest & largest popular festival, Its’ Melbourne Spring Carnival. Sit back and savour as we guide you through the biggest race around Australia, featuring the stars of the Turf and of course the trainers and riders in the cutting edge of this mind-blowing industry. This is Melbourne’s finest moment for punters to get their money’s worth. With so many TAB and online sports betting websites in Australia, punters can easily place their bets.
Once we finally get over Derby Day & by god it’s a massive event, we hype ourselves for the day that stops the nation, The Melbourne Cup. Ever since the commencement of the race, the stories of Archer being walked down from Sydney to challenge the Cup & who won the 1st two runnings of it to boot, Australians have been engrossed. Victorian’s even have a public holiday to party!
The love affair that was Makybe Diva and the Australian residents was something to be admired. She was why people continued going to the track. To win three Melbourne Cups in progression is something else which we presumably will not ever be repeated again. What about the awe Aussies got when Dermot Weld came out & took the Cup home to Ireland back in ‘93 with Vintage Crop. Or perhaps when he tried it again in ‘02 with Media Puzzle. What about Sheila Laxon conquering with Ethereal, or the famous Might & Power and Doriemus photo ending. The rain poured down in ‘74 & Van Der Hum swam home.
And then maybe there was Bart. JB Cummings. The Cup’s King. The man who has trained the Melbourne Cup hero a lazy eleven times. With horses such as Light Fingers, Galilee, Think Big (twice), Hyperno, Let’s Elope and Saintly triumphanting for him in the past. Back in 2008 punters and bookies alike were praying Viewed could do it for the Cup Kings and make that weary 11 a decent dozen beyond the mantle and who would have though the soon to be 80 year old would really complete it. Well executed Bart, you are honourably the king of the Turf.
We will also not forget the hot water Luca Cumani & 2nd spot winner Bauer landed in after it was exposed the horse obtained shockwave therapy, forbidden in a period of 7 days of the Melbourne Cup. The uproar was remarkable, especially after it was found an RVL chosen vet administered the therapy.
