In
Australia on the first Tuesday of November it is Melbourne Cup Day.
The Melbourne Cup is the biggest horse race in the country and also the
biggest money maker for the industries connected with the event. At
the time of the race, the country almost literally comes to a
standstill.
Lyle and I are in Australia for the
month of November. Although we only watched the Cup on TV, this week
we decided to go to one of the local horse racing events at the Gosford
racetrack. It was great. We bought general admission tickets and took
our seats in the near empty stands. In contrast, the Members Lounge was
crowded and noisy.
While I knew that I
wouldn’t be able to see the race itself, there were lots of other things
to enjoy. Before each race the horses paraded around an inner circle.
We found a place close to the fence and the horses passed by with
metres of where we were standing. They were truly magnificent and
powerful animals. At the finish line of the race my heart nearly jumped
out of my skin as I heard the thundering hooves race by.
While
my sister Jill, Lyle, and I didn’t bet any money, we had fun choosing
our favourites before each race. I even picked one winner. Lyle did
better at this as he chose his favourites by examining the appearance of
the horses. Jill and I selected our favourites by the sound of the
horses’ names!
There are three pictures with
this post. In the first picture I am standing in profile with my
favourite horse in the background. In the second picture, you can see
the back of my head with horse over the fence in front of me. You can
tell we are quite close to each other. The third picture is of several
horses parading around the inner circle.
It was a great day!
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| Sue in front of her favourite horse |
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| Sue standing in front of another horse |
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| Horses parading around |
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