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Around Australia, we appreciate our horse racing and we thought we’d unfold Aussie’s biggest & most famous event, The Melbourne Spring Festival. Sit back and have fun as we bring people through the biggest race in Australia, showcasing Melbourne’s stars of Victoria’s Turf & of course the trainers and riders at the cutting edge of this unbelievable industry. This is the very best time for punters to grab their money’s worth.

Once we get over Derby Day & by god it’s a big event, we prepare ourselves for the day that stops a nation, The Melbourne Cup. Ever since the origin of the race, the stories of Archer being paraded down from Sydney to challenge the Cup and who won the 1st two runnings of it to boot, Aussies have been captivated. Melbournians even have a public holiday to celebrate!

The love experience that was Makybe Diva and the Australian population was something to be admired. Makybe was why race goers continued going to the track. To win three Melbourne Cups in progression is something that we arguably won’t ever happen again. What about the bump Aussies got when Dermot Weld came out and took our Trophy back to Ireland in ‘93 with Vintage Crop. Or possibly when he tried it again back in ‘02 with Media Puzzle. What about Sheila Laxon conquering with Ethereal, or maybe the acclaimed Might And Power & Doriemus photo finish. The rain poured down in ‘74 & Van Der Hum took it home.

And then there was Bart. JB Cummings. The Cups King. The man who has trained the Melbourne Cup champion 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. Back in 2008 punters & bookies alike were expecting Viewed could do it for the Cup Kings and make that dull 11 a decent dozen beyond the covering and who would have though the soon to be 80 year old would actually accomplish it. Well done Bart, you are actually the king of the Turf.

We will also not forget the hot water Luca Cumani and 2nd spot winner Bauer landed in after it was uncovered the horse obtained shockwave treatment, illegal in a period of 7 days of the Melbourne Cup. The uproar was sensational, particularly after it was found an RVL chosen veterinarian administered the therapeutics. With so many TAB and online sports betting websites in Australia, punters can easily place their bets.