*** Official Melbourne Cup Thread ***

[Hass]

O.K. It's the Melbourne Cup tomorrow.

Nobody on the forum can expect to have gloating rights unless they put their tips up for general consumption.

And the winning horses are...

4 - Gallic
24 - Mahler
21 - The Fuzz

Roughie:
13- Lazer Sharp

In the wet:
17 - Sculptor

Cheers.

[Hass]

Hmm. I see someone has already started a Melbourne Cup thread.

But this one has asterisks in the title. And the other one only has five posts anyway.

[embee]

Blue Monday
bluTIGERoo
Tungsten Strike
Purple Moon
Douro Valley
Eskimo Queen

Box those for your trifecta

[taipan]

Nobody on the forum can expect to have gloating rights unless they put their tips up for general consumption.

My tip is not to waste money on the geegees

[Nath]

I picked Princess Coup in the tipping comp at work.

[Mick Sawyer]

I picked Princess Coup in the tipping comp at work.

Will give you a sight Nath - chance to jump up & down & accidentally grab a rack to steady yourself

[JGK]

O.K. It's the Melbourne Cup tomorrow.

And the winning horses are...

4 - Gallic
24 - Mahler
21 - The Fuzz


.

Great line from Lisa Cropman on the radio this morning when she was talking about her winning ride on Sculptor where she was leading on the straight, was caught by Craig Williams on The Fuzz and then fought back to win it:

"I thought Craig went off too early on The Fuzz".


Typical chick - always complaining.

[horace]

gallic is scratched...mahler, (tiger) o'reilly, zipping and blutigeroo for the box trifecta

an even field this year minus TGM, with many chances....harder this year to narrow the field ...normally you can delete most NSW nags (invariably overrated) and QBilly geegees (invariably a bit dumb)

[Mick Sawyer]

I'll be boxing;

Master O'Reilly
Purple Moon
Blue Monday
Zipping
Dolphin Jo (for the Goddess)
The Fuzz (for mini Mick)

Princess Coup

[horace]

for fun i'm thinking of a trifecta of blue monday, purple moon and blutigeroo for Ms H's two blue burmese cats...if the trifecta gets up they will get a crayfish each plus some primo fresh tuna

[G.Wood]

I'll be boxing;

Master O'Reilly
Purple Moon
Blue Monday
Zipping
Dolphin Jo (for the Goddess)
The Fuzz (for mini Mick)

I'll be saving my cash for night at the Ippy dish lickers. If I still can't do any good there I'll just go to the greyhounds

[horace]

are you still stuck there?

[Mick Sawyer]

for fun i'm thinking of a trifecta of blue monday, purple moon and blutigeroo for Ms H's two blue burmese cats...if the trifecta gets up they will get a crayfish each plus some primo fresh tuna

Just promise the bride your won't slaughter & skin the two parasites.

[G.Wood]

are you still stuck there?

Close enough to smell it

[Mick Sawyer]

"I'll be saving my cash for night at the Ippy dish lickers. If I still can't do any good there I'll just go to the greyhounds"

ahhhh Ippy - I miss it, I don't.

[horace]

rofl...have just been minding the fleabags for the last two weeks while Ms H was having a well earned hol in broome and the NT...

things were starting to get a bit testy between the cats and me...when they have suggested i buy them fresh tuna i have had to remind them there is a japanese restaurant down the road that serves interesting animal forms as sushi

[horace]

ippy must be the most unloved sizeable town in australia...gympie is the most odious small town

[Mick Sawyer]

rofl...have just been minding the fleabags for the last two weeks while Ms H was having a well earned hol in broome and the NT...

things were starting to get a bit testy between the cats and me...when they have suggested i buy them fresh tuna i have had to remind them there is a japanese restaurant down the road that serves interesting animal forms as sushi

You didn't think of the "someone must have broken in & stolen the beautiful creatures but look I've replaced them with a season ticket to the Tigers & some new fishing gear"?

[Mick Sawyer]

ippy must be the most unloved sizeable town in australia...gympie is the most odious small town

Woody would have a far better handle on it then me but the growth & the near term potential out there are enormous - if I was buying real estate in SE Qld with a 7 year view that's where I'd be spending. But in the mean time................... it's still Ippy.

[horace]

rofl...have just been minding the fleabags for the last two weeks while Ms H was having a well earned hol in broome and the NT...

things were starting to get a bit testy between the cats and me...when they have suggested i buy them fresh tuna i have had to remind them there is a japanese restaurant down the road that serves interesting animal forms as sushi

You didn't think of the "someone must have broken in & stolen the beautiful creatures but look I've replaced them with a season ticket to the Tigers & some new fishing gear"?

too frightened of Ms H!!!....even tho she barracks for the tiges and loves fishing...must confess i am fond of the little fleabags esp when they knock off a mouse or feral imported bird...one day I hauled the barbie out and coming back from the shops found a fresh pigeon left by an enthusiastic moggie next to the bbq...sadly for the fleabag he has not learned how to pluck feathers

[bodyline]

ippy must be the most unloved sizeable town in australia...gympie is the most odious small town

Woody would have a far better handle on it then me but the growth & the near term potential out there are enormous - if I was buying real estate in SE Qld with a 7 year view that's where I'd be spending. But in the mean time................... it's still Ippy.

They're paying $2.5m for penthouses in the 'switch. The ferals are being pushed back beyond Laidley to esk.

According to Today Tonight - You can now find the odd sheila hanging around the mall who isn't wearing a tshirt with the slogan "I fark on the first date".

[Nath]

O.K. It's the Melbourne Cup tomorrow.

Nobody on the forum can expect to have gloating rights unless they put their tips up for general consumption.

And the winning horses are...

4 - Gallic
24 - Mahler
21 - The Fuzz

Cheers.

Gallic and The Fuzz BOTH scratched!

[horace]

nice woofing from hass

[JGK]

For the record -

my EW bets are Zipping and Princess Coup

My flexi trifecta is Zipping, Master O'Reilly, Purple Moon, Scultptor, Princess Coup and Mahler.


All that means that a Railings, Tawqeet and Black Tom should go 1-2-3.

[Nath]

JGK, if you woof my horses, I'm going to be very upset!

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