Yesterday was Melbourne Cup Day. The Melbourne Cup represents approximately 3 minutes when virtually everyone in Australia, and a lot of people elsewhere as well, stop everything to watch 24 horses gallop 3200 metres in a big circle.

It is a public holiday in Melbourne and, like most other people, I had my annual flutter on the gg's, proudly picking the winner and ending up $31 better off for the effort. Having settled on the substantial investment of $5 each way (for the uneducated that is $5 to win and $5 to place) it was off to the pub to place the bet. Being unfamiliar with the betting form I filled in the amount I wanted to bet where I was supposed to put the horse number. Since I wasn't particularly attached to any particular horse I decided that, rather than fill out another form, I would go with number 5 and it won.

Her name is Makybe Diva and here is a picture of her winning.

You can read more about her victory in The Age.