Melbourne Cup: Tues 6 Nov 2018

Bob Brogan wrote: Ireland is 100% not part of Britain

.....my bad confusing with Northern Ireland....then it looks like another Irish win on the cards ....

The horse breaking down in front of the stands is a nightmare for the race

That’s a UK winner, what a great ride

mydada wrote: Cross Counter 12/10 and better four places

Hope you took a win bet as well

Nice call

.....and all so typical TT almost missed the race....would have been nice to see the build up and horses going to the post and have a better coverage than betting screens for every other Ozz meeting held today.....only switched over after Cliffs Of Moyer went wrong....well that race hardly stopped a bunch of okes in this nation.....:S

.....picked up the winner from way out going 2 to every one...and beat my small sentimental bet..... the horse I backed last year...:oops:

Nice call mydada
Very sad re : Cliffs

how common is the injury that Cliffs suffered?

PHUMELELA MEDIA RELEASE
SUBJECT: Melbourne Cup Broadcast and Betting
DATE: Tuesday 6 November 2018
RELEASED BY: Phumelela Gaming


Early bird punters nearly missed the first worm this morning when Tellytrack only started the television broadcast of the Melbourne Cup after 400 meters of the race had already been run.

The race was run at 06:00 South African time this morning.

According to Tellytrack’s Wesley Lloyd, the problem occurred due to the fact that Tellytrack was receiving the betting television feed from media partner Sky and not the world broadcast feed coming live out of Flemington.

Lloyd explains that the betting feed is used in the build-up to a race with studio presenters discussing the horses and the betting odds. The live broadcast feed is transmitted from the racecourse, showing the race being run and the live commentary.

“When we realised we were receiving the betting feed, we immediately contacted Sky. They then proceeded to switch over to give us the world broadcast feed, but unfortunately by then the race had already started,” said Lloyd.

“We apologise for the oversight and assure our viewers that we have put measures in place to prevent this from happening again.”

Punters in South Africa were treated to some staggering figures as far as the betting on the Melbourne Cup is concerned.

Due to the commingled pools, the fact that the Melbourne Cup is known as “the race that stops a nation”, and the exchange rate of R10.31 to the Australia dollar, the win pool on the tote ended up a whopping R123 million.

....this is most positive that they now admit that they f@cked up.....now that they have committed to telling it like it actually is .....let's hope they stop from the b@llsh!t they have often spewed out in the constant covering up of the far too many b :pinch: lls @ps....it is also most disconcerting that none of those passionate horseracing loving presenters actually noticed that they were not getting the right feed until it was almost too late....I for one was thinking that they had subscribed to the cheapest media package and may not show what we have seen in the past..... a good 40min of build up before the race....for once at least the tote was on point.....and I was already audio streaming on the OzzTAB radio thinking that we would only get a dodgy poor replay a half an hour later.....:oops:

Hugh Bowman will miss a month of racing after being hit with a whopping 35-meeting suspension following his ride on runner-up Marmelo in the Lexus Melbourne Cup.

Bowman was cited on three separate charges in the A$7.3 million race – an incident of careless riding at just over two furlongs from home, excessive whip use prior to the final furlong and the fact that he weighed in more than half a kilogram over his prescribed weight of 55kg.

Marmelo looked the winner when he hit the front entering the final furlong but was run down late by Cross Counter, who eventually won cosily by a length.