Spring Horse Racing Carnival
At Australia, we enjoy our horse racing & we thought we’d feature Aussie’s biggest or perhaps largest well known festival, The Melbourne Spring Festival. Rest back and enjoy as we guide you through Victoria’s biggest race within Australia, disclosing Aussie stars of Melbourne’s Turf & of course the breeders with riders in the lead of this excellent industry. This is Australia’s very best time for punters to grab their money’s worth.
Once we eventually get beyond Derby Day and by god it’s an enormous day, we anticipate ourselves for the day that stops a nation, The Melbourne Cup. Ever since the commencement of the race, the stories of Archer being walked down from Sydney to compete the Trophy and who won the 1st two runnings of it to boot, Australians have been engaged. Victorian’s even get a bank holiday to celebrate!
The love experience that was Makybe Diva and the Australian population was something to be admired. She was why people went to the track. To win 3 Melbourne Cups in progression is something that we perhaps won’t ever be repeated again. What about the surprised Australians got when Dermot Weld came away & took our Cup home to Ireland 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 maybe the popular Might And Power & Doriemus photo finish. The rain came down back in ‘74 & Van Der Hum swam home.
And then maybe there was Bart. JB Cummings. The Cups King. The man who has trained the Melbourne Cup victor a lazy 11 times. With horses such as Light Fingers, Galilee, Think Big (twice), Hyperno, Let’s Elope and Saintly winning for him in the past. In 2008 punters and bookies alike were anticipating Viewed could do it for the Cup Kings and make that sluggish 11 a decent dozen beyond the curtain & who would have though the soon to be eighty year old would truly achieve it. Well done Bart, you are actually the king of the Turf.
We will also not forget the hot water Luca Cumani and second spot victor Bauer landed in after it was disclosed the horse acquired shockwave therapeutics, prohibited within 7 days of the Melbourne Cup. The stir was astounding, particularly after it was found an RVL appointed veterinarian guided the therapeutics. This is by far the biggest horse racing event in Australia.
