Monday, November 06, 2006

The Cup


I just woke up. I had a very important dream. I just dreamt that I was jockey and I won the Melbourne Cup on a horse named "Pigeon."

This could be very important information for any and all wagers put down today. I know it's early, but I feel my calling is not to the U2 concert, but to Flemington Park to ride in what may be the most famous race in Australian horse racing history. I can see the headlines now, Unknown 6 foot jockey wins the Cup on a show pony named Pigeon.

When a good friend of mine took me to the Melbourne museum, I saw that the most famous Australian horse (before today that is) named Phar Lap. He was stuffed in one of the exhibits. If I go ahead to win the race today, I want to be stuffed.

goodbye

posted by The Vitamin's Blog @ 4:44 p.m.

6 Comments:

At 10:06 p.m., Blogger Nic said...

If you run I'll bet on you ... it might not be for a place ... but I'll bet just the same.

 
At 11:51 p.m., Anonymous Anonymous said...

Delta Blues wins Melbourne Cup
Japanese raiders Delta Blues and Pop Rock pulled off an unprecedented Melbourne Cup (3,200m) one-two for trainer Katsushiko Sumii at Flemington this afternoon.

Delta Blues, piloted by Japanese jockey Yasunari Iwata, held off a fast-finishing Pop Rock (Damien Oliver) to win Australia's most prestigious horse race.

Saab Quality winner Maybe Better, trained by Brian Mayfield-Smith and ridden by Chris Munce, was a game third.

Delta Blues's victory is only the third time a foreign horse has won the Cup, following Vintage Crop (1993) and Media Puzzle (2002).

The win is also a first for a horse from Asia.

Delta Blues had shown fine form on Australian soil heading into the race, finishing third in the Caulfield Cup to Tawqeet.

Pop Rock also pulled off a fast-finishing seventh in that race and both were considered big chances for today's race.

Delta Blues is the first stallion to win the Melbourne Cup since Jeune in 1994.

 
At 12:55 a.m., Blogger Denny Crane said...

As much as I love Pharlap, Makby Diva is the New greatest Aussie Horse, Its a pitty they retired her so young.

What about this bloody Japenesse, They bomb Darwin and then win our cup, Skuller is mad haha.

 
At 1:36 a.m., Anonymous Anonymous said...

I heard the coffee machine was far more interesting than a stuffed horse. The horse might have been good when it was alive but who cares it's dead and some one poisoned it. What's more; it was a NZ horse.

 
At 6:35 p.m., Anonymous Anonymous said...

I agree that you should be stuffed. But maybe we should put you in the library afterwards. Right next to Homer.

 
At 4:48 a.m., Anonymous Anonymous said...

It sounds like you are all flogging a dead horse. BTW what is wrong with a stuffed pigeon?

 

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