Hehe, well, umm… Yeah… Well, some of you may have learnt not to trust me when it comes to choosing horses… Eheh… Who would have thought Viewed would have won? Not many… Perhaps I should make not as many puns when I choose horses… The final order of the Melbourne Cup is as follows:
1st – Viewed – $41 win; $12 place
2nd – Bauer – $7 place; Quinella – $97
3rd – C’est La Guerre – $8 place; Trifecta – $21000
4th – Master O’Reilly – First 4 – $407000 (all payouts are NSW prices)
5th – Profound Beauty
6th – Moatize
7th – Mad Rush
8th – Nom du Jeu
9th – Zipping
10th – Newport
11th – Ice Chariot
12th – Guyno
13th – Littorio
14th – Varevees
15th – Boundless
16th – Red Lord
17th – Prize Lady
18th – Septimus
19th – Barbaricus
20th – Alessandro Volta
21st – Honolulu
DNF – Gallopin
Haha, as you can see… Ummm… Yeah, I kinda chose who won… “If I went like that this year who would I choose? Good question… Gallopin, Viewed or Boundless?” Hehe… Eh… It was there… just um…. No. Didn’t trust my original way of picking a winner, and this time, I chose going by statistics. My result? 18th, with my closest coming 4th… My “roughy” came last, one of my other choices didn’t even finish the race… Damn… Like a lot of people, no money for me… Alessandro Volta managed to hold the field for most of the race, just like last year’s Tungsten Strike. Both of them had huge odds against them, and as always, the leaders seem to fall behind, Volta coming 2nd last, and Strike coming last.
I am still unsure as to what had happened to Gallopin and as to why he did not finish. From one source, it appears that he was unable to finish because he had “breathing difficulties” and so had to be pulled out of the race. Poor Zipping and Master O’Reilly. Not being able to finish their racing careers with a top 3 position for the Melbourne Cup this year, and unable to score a win in recent runs… Well then, you know not to follow me when it comes to choosing horses! Hehe, oh well. There’s always next year I guess? Heh, yeah…
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