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The Story of The Melbourne Cup (Book)

Stephen Howell

Hard Cover $99.95 (RRP)

The Story of the Melbourne Cup, Australia’s Greatest Race celebrates the remarkable history of a wonderful horse race – one of the world’s most famous and enduring tests of a thoroughbred.

This is a story of the risk takers and planners who have made a race into a cultural phenomenon; toffs and battlers; the genius trainers Cummings, de Mestre and Freedman; the marvellous riding skills of Lewis, White and Boss; the obsessives, the families, and the flukes; the dominance of the Kiwis and the sudden surge of northern invaders; and how the Melbourne Cup has evolved through boom times, wars and depression. The concept of a handicap race as a nation’s greatest event is unique to Australia and the Melbourne Cup. It represents so much about its host nation – a chance for all no matter the circumstances of birth or opportunity.

The Story of the Melbourne Cup, Australia’s Greatest Race is as much a story about that growing nation as it is about its most famous event.

The Story of The Melbourne Cup – Australia’s Greatest Race (DVD)

Village Roadshow Entertainment

Price:   $29.99 (RRP)

150 years of the Melbourne cup this year 2010. In a country that prides itself on its passion for sport, and for having a good time, Australia's most famous annual sporting event and its biggest social occasion come together on one momentous day. The Melbourne Cup, run at Flemington on the first Tuesday of November, has a unique place in Australia's culture, and is embraced around the world. The Story of the Melbourne Cup, commissioned by the Victoria Racing Club for the Cup's 150th running , gives an absorbing account of the narratives, the horses and humans who have forged the history of Australia's greatest race.