Oz Dopers - the mug punters thread

In My Humble Opinion
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Okay. The night before the first Tuesday in November (well, Oz time it is, anyway).

I’ve got $10 each way on Big Pat in the big race tomorrow. No science behind the pick; it’s just a hunch thing. Y’see, they train Big Pat by running him up hills (the whole endurance thing), which is how they used to train Phar Lap and look how he ended up.

[sub]No, I don’t mean dead and stuffed, with bits of him in two different museums. I mean he won a lot of races.[/sub]

So who’s your pick in the Cup?

An explanation for non-Australian Dopers: the Melbourne Cup is run every year on the first Tuesday in November. At 3.10 our time, the entire country will stop dead to watch a bunch of horses run around a race track.

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[sub] First Tuesday in November when they run the Melbourne Cup[/sub]

Yes, it’s true, we run horse races first Tuesday in November - but the US elects their politicians : I know which odds I’d rather back (and the goddamn Kiwi horses win most times anyway). :smiley: