Spring Horse Racing Carnival
For Australia, we adore our horse racing and we thought we’d feature Aussie’s greatest or perhaps largest well known event, The Melbourne Spring Festival. Sit back & savour as we guide you through Australia’s greatest race within Australia, showcasing Aussie stars of Aussie Turf & of course the breeders & riders in the center of this stunning industry. This is Victoria’s very best time for punters to acquire their money’s worth.
Once we get beyond Derby Day & by god it is a massive race, we prepare ourselves for the day that stops the nation, The Melbourne Cup. Ever since the inception of the race, the stories of Archer being paraded down from Sydney to contest the Cup and who won the 1st two runnings of it to boot, Aussies have been captivated. Victorians even get a public holiday to celebrate!
The love affair that was Makybe Diva and the Aussie public was something to be admired. Makybe Diva was why race goers continued going to the track. To win 3 Melbourne Cups in succession is something else that we seemingly won’t ever see again. What about the awe Australians got when Dermot Weld came out and took our Trophy home to Ireland back in ‘93 with Vintage Crop. Or possibly when he did it again in ‘02 with Media Puzzle. What about Sheila Laxon winning with Ethereal, or maybe the acclaimed Might & Power & Doriemus photo finish. The rain poured down back in ‘74 and Van Der Hum swam home. This is by far the biggest horse racing event in Australia.
And then maybe there was Bart. JB Cummings. The Cup’s King. The man who has trained the Melbourne Cup champion a lazy eleven 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 expecting Viewed could do it for the Cup Kings and accomplish that sluggish 11 a decent dozen beyond the covering & who would have though the soon to be 80 year old would as a matter of fact do it. Well accomplished Bart, you are honourably the king of the Turf.
We will additionally not forget the hot water Luca Cumani and second place winner Bauer landed in after it was apparent the horse acquired shockwave therapeutics, illegal in a period of 7 days of the Melbourne Cup. The chaos was phenomenal, especially after it was found an RVL delegated vet supervised the therapy.
