When horses thunder down the straight at Flemington during this year’s Melbourne Cup Carnival, 250,000 people will be trackside making statements with their feathers and finery.
When racehorses thunder down the straight at Flemington in this year’s Melbourne Cup Carnival, there will be 250,000 people packed in at the track over four days to watch the spectacle.
Top priority for the old-school members is to score an invitation to the VRC’s committee room, but securing a bar stool at the members’ bar with a view of the straight comes a close second.Potential topics of conversation include comparing Flemington and Royal Ascot racecourses, and how the renewal fee payments for memberships to the Melbourne Cricket Club, Royal South Yarra Tennis Club and Victoria Racing Club should not all occur in the same month.
They are constantly on their phone checking the odds on the four different betting apps they have signed up to, as they hunt for the best bonus bets. They are likely to be in the general admission area right in front of the winning post for easy access to the bar and a good view of the track, or on the Furphy terrace.
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