Anyone heading over?

I'll be there in the Champions Cocktail Marquee, who are you backing and why?
I haven't looked at the under card yet but on the Melbourne Cup (Race 7) I think I'll have the following;

On the Nose: Mad Rush (Paying $6.50)
Place: Zipping (Paying $4.75 for a place)
Trifecta: Mad Rush, Zipping & Septimus

If any 2+2ers are going to be in a Marquee let me know and we'll have a drink or 12

Current Betting;

Sportsbet No. Runner Win Place
34737 SEPTIMUS 4.50 1.87
34648 MAD RUSH 6.50 2.37
34578 EFFICIENT 9.00 3.00
34687 NOM DU JEU 12.00 3.75
34511 ALL THE GOOD 12.00 3.75
34795 ZIPPING 16.00 4.75
34527 BAUER 16.00 4.75
34708 PROFOUND BEAUTY 16.00 4.75
34643 LITTORIO 18.00 5.25
34616 HONOLULU 18.00 5.25
34550 CEST LA GUERRE 18.00 5.25
34657 MASTER OREILLY 26.00 7.25
34776 VIEWED 26.00 7.25
34601 GALLOPIN 26.00 7.25
34524 BARBARICUS 35.00 9.50
34713 RED RULER 35.00 9.50
34791 ZAGREB 51.00 13.50
34792 ZARITA 51.00 13.50
34784 YELLOWSTONE 51.00 13.50
34669 MOATIZE 51.00 13.50
34528 BAUGHURST 61.00 16.00
34618 ICE CHARIOT 61.00 16.00
34508 ALESSANDRO VOLTA 61.00 16.00
34536 BOUNDLESS 61.00 16.00
34773 VAREVEES 61.00 16.00
34683 NEWPORT 71.00 18.50
34650 MAGIC INSTINCT 101.00 26.00
34707 PRIZE LADY 101.00 26.00
34722 RIVA SAN 151.00 38.50
34636 LARGO LAD 151.00 38.50
34712 RED LORD 151.00 38.50
34612 GUYNO 151.00 38.50
34558 DANDAAD 301.00 76.00
34553 CHIEFCOMINGFIRST 301.00 76.00
34602 GET UP JUDE 301.00 76.00
34604 GLISTENING 301.00 76.00
34535 BOOK OF KELLS 301.00 76.00
34729 SADDLERS STORY 301.00 76.00
34543 CAPECOVER 301.00 76.00

Efficient, imo

hmm i guess its kinda too late to organise some sort of betting pool huh

Mad Rush, although alot of money for it today, now fav. Who knows with these irish horses...

looking forward to a day of drinking and degeneracy, going to be packin' about $10k for the day, so any hot wimminz in the champions cocktail marquee, come see me I might need some 'cheering up'

although hopefully the gf will oblige

[x] 10k for degenerate gambling
[x] Armani suit
[x] Girlfriend
[x] Friends who have just got engaged and are also going to be degenning it up
[x] Friends gf's & fiance's that are hawt too, possible 3some opportunities with gf (lol less than 1% chance)
[x] Hummer limo

8,18,23
8,18,23,4,5
8,18,23,4,5,9,11,22

plus 10 x mystery tri's , which probably have more chance

[x] just made 200th post after 2 years, quality not quantity
[x] ngaskin, good day ahead, enjoy

lets watch the money rain, ill PM you in morning ngaskin, study still to be done...

This brings back memories. I used to frequent Sandown, Moonee Valley, Caulfield, Flemington, Geelong etc... when I was a kid. Lived in Melbourne for a few years. Haven't been back in ages, pretty sure it's all different now. Is the Melbourne cup still raced in Flemington? Love to go back sometime.

I loved the Colin Hayes, Michael Clarke tandem back then, my first big Melbourne Cup win was At Talaq. LOL surprise myself, still remembering the horse name. Kiwi and Bonecrusher were the other big names. Geez, I feel old. Pretty sure most of you weren't even born when At Talaq won.

Over the years, I've learned that Trifecta's or even key's are such sucker bets. Hard enough choosing the winner. Somehow I always seem to wager on only multiple tri's, it's just so much sweeter when you win. The rush of staring at the tote board seeing how much the pay off is indescribable, very degenerate. Love it!
GL mates!

As a long time horse degen, this is one event that I truly hope to attend before I take that dirt nap.

How big of an event is it in Australia? Would you compare it to the Derby? Super Bowl? etc.. for us here in USA.
Australian racing has always fascinated me and I've been know to bet a few bucks on what is for me, late night racing from Aus., because of the small American pools, you can make some money if you find the right horse.

I really can't see how they beat Septimus, but I guess in a 24 horse field anything can happen. I'll have a small wager wrapped around that horse and be watching tonight for me, @ around 11:00 pm est.
Good luck to everyone there, I am very jealous and hope you have a great time.

SimonBarSinister - To answer your question - the race really does stop the nation, and being my first year living in Melbourne, it literally brings this state to a stand still!
Should be a good day (thought I would jump on 2p2 to see if there were any hot tips while the gf gets ready haha)

Ngakin is correct, its a **** day for racing standards if your into that, but if you wanna party hard with 100k + people at an event the whole countrys watching, place to be. Need to be there to experience it. 2 years ago when i was betting in the bookies ring before the main race, guy infront of me was carrying a bag, we walked up to the biggest bookie in melbourne, and he opened the bag and asked for 5 million on the favorite, forget the name (was american horse, lost i kno that). I was shocked, bookie took about 2 mins to think about it, and called a few people, i couldnt believe it. **** like that goes down...

Yeh, seems like a place I would love to be. Definitely on the short list of things to do before I die. Melbourne Cup and Dubai World Cup, top two right now.

Not really sure how Aus. betting works, is it pari-mutual wagering with the track taking a percentage or is there just random bookies floating around and you can shop for the best price? It's really interesting to me how this works, seems like it would add a whole new element to handicapping. Good luck again and I hope you guys that are going have a great time.

there is a TAB, which is takes 115% on betting, works by moving odds accoridng to amount of money in pool, this place takes all the bets in australia, there are 5 TAB's i can go to within 2 min drive from my home, the government loves them becuase they turn over so much...atm, 4 hours before the race, theres been about 25 mil waged alone through the TAB, that includes place bets and stuff. At the track however, there is a bookies ring, where people get licence and they offer fixed odds (better to bet at) they take 103% of the money, just to try and get more customers, these people need licences, and theres probs 300 of them at the track. As for private bookies, theres plenty of them, but there not spoken about. Im sure the track takes money from bookies licences, maybe from TAB but very small percentage, TAB has nothing to do with fleminton race course to an extent.

Thank you, very much for your reply, Carl. Very interesting stuff. peace

Wow, what a race! You run 2 miles and the winner is decided by less than an inch. Unreal.
Bart Cummings wins his 12th Melbourne Cup and goes off at 92-1 here in America. Congrats on an amazing race and an amazing crowd. Hard to tell on TV but looked like over 100,000 people there. Just awesome.

Reason i dont bet on the race, unless drunk is becuase results like that happen, lol. they got 107,000 people pretty sure, rained in the morning aswell...

I had an awesome day, the marquee we were in was definitley worth the $720 and it included reserve seats in the lawn stand, RIGHT ON THE FINISH LINE. It was epic.

As far as betting goes I had an unbelievable sick run on races 1 - 6 and had my $10k up to about $30k and by the end of race 10 I was down to $22k but couldn't be happier, races 1 - 7 I was serious and then races 8 - 10 I was just a drunken degen hahah

private bookie in our marquee ftw

$12k profit ftw