Melbourne Cup - it is a big competition in a Jockey Club.
Melbourne Cup takes place in Melbourne, Victoria on the 6th of November every year.
People dress nicely, they celebrate this day as a big holiday, have fun and competitions.
A sweep is the money you deposit for a horse and in case of victory, your amount of money will increase.
I’d be looking for a hat.
Melbourne Cup existed from 1861, so it has been around for 46 years.
Phar Lap is Australia’s the most famous racehorse, because a winner of 37 of his 51 starts, he started favorite in three successive Melbourne Cups, the only horse in the long history of Australia’s most famous race accorded that distinction.
In the National Museum of Australia we can see Phar Lap’s heart, weighing 6.2 kilograms.
Delta Blues trained ridden by Yasunari Iwata won the Melbourne Cup in 2006.
I think that it is a very special holiday and it is interesting to take part in it and to experience this national feeling of pride and competition.
Melbourne Cup Day is Australia's most famous Tuesday. At 3.00 pm AEST, on the first Tuesday in November, Australians everywhere stop for one of the world's most famous horse races - the Melbourne Cup. It is very important to Australian people and they have a very good time and experience on that day. People make sweeps – deposit money for the victory for the specific horse. Women wear very beautiful dresses and pay special attention in choosing hats, it became a symbol for the racing and they have a competition for the best hat each year. Australians even have their favorite horse- Phar Lap. Its heart is now in the National Museum of Australia. The 2006 races were won by Japanese horse Delta Blues. This holiday is a very special event for all Australian nation and it will continue its traditions in many years.
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