Today is the Melbourne cup.
It's a sporting event....a horse race.
Let me go ahead and pretend I care. How can I have this Australia blog if I don't appear to worship sports?
La la la. I love the Melbourne Cup. La la la. I love the Melbourne cup.
Am I fooling you yet?
Here in Texas we're having World Series stuff. That's a baseball thing. That's about all I know. Well, I also know it's important to other Americans. People keep talking about it on Facebook.
The Melbourne Cup website has a page about the history of the event. The first race was in 1861. Sixteen years later they made it into a public holiday.
Lord Wiki has a list of the horses in the race. I'm going to see if there are any names that I like.....
No, not really.
There's an American horse named Campanologist. What does that mean? It must be a real word because Firefox didn't try to tell me I misspelled something.
Well, Lord Wiki says campanology is the study of bells. Honestly, I didn't see that one coming. Bells?
The trainer of Campanologist is a Dubai guy named Saeed bin Suroor.
That's about all I want to know for now.
If the Melbourne Cup is your thing, I hope you have a fabulous day. If you've bet on a race, I hope you win.
It's a sporting event....a horse race.
Let me go ahead and pretend I care. How can I have this Australia blog if I don't appear to worship sports?
La la la. I love the Melbourne Cup. La la la. I love the Melbourne cup.
Am I fooling you yet?
Here in Texas we're having World Series stuff. That's a baseball thing. That's about all I know. Well, I also know it's important to other Americans. People keep talking about it on Facebook.
The Melbourne Cup website has a page about the history of the event. The first race was in 1861. Sixteen years later they made it into a public holiday.
Lord Wiki has a list of the horses in the race. I'm going to see if there are any names that I like.....
No, not really.
There's an American horse named Campanologist. What does that mean? It must be a real word because Firefox didn't try to tell me I misspelled something.
Well, Lord Wiki says campanology is the study of bells. Honestly, I didn't see that one coming. Bells?
The trainer of Campanologist is a Dubai guy named Saeed bin Suroor.
That's about all I want to know for now.
If the Melbourne Cup is your thing, I hope you have a fabulous day. If you've bet on a race, I hope you win.
