MELBOURNE CUP

Yesterday was Melbourne Cup Day, the one event that basically halts this nation, a 6 million dollar horse race always held on the first Tuesday in November. We have had many special Melbourne Cup Days over the years, but yesterday we went local - walked to the Colonial Golf Club for their Melbourne Cup Luncheon.

There were about 120 locals at the Lunch

As usual the Golf Club gave us an impressive entrance - plus a glass of champers.

Our table - off course we couldn't resist getting into the "sweepstakes"

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A super 3 course luncheon, with the above for desert, thank goodness we walked a titbit of this off on the way home.

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This young local lady deserved her win as the Best Dressed "young" Filly at our luncheon.

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The horse and jockeys head to the track in Melbourne (we of course watched and cheered all this on the 3 big screens at the Club)

The finish was a very close call - the closest ever - look at the horse on the right, stretching its neck out and the ears flat back - determined I would say.

And here is the finish,

the horse with the ears back won, by a nose hair,

AND so did Frank,

he had this french thoroughbred "Dunaden" in the Sweep,

the reward nearly paid for our delightful lunch.

Lovely Day