Melbourne Cup day

I've never bet on the Melbourne Cup or been part of Office Sweepstakes or anything like that, but this year our office is doing them and I thought 'why not?'

We've each put in $5 and drawn 4 horses. I drew Fiumicino (described as "comes into calculations if the track is wet"), Newport (encouragingly described as "Doubt he can figure in finish but deserves a run"), Harris Tweed ("Improvement needed to figure in the finish") and Mourilyan ("Facing a tough task but is proven at this distance. Minor claims.").

I have this funny feeling I can kiss that $5 goodbye.

Still, it's fun and it's a wee bit of excitement so it'll do me for my Melbourne Cup flutter.

I still don't see what the fuss is about but if I win the pot I guess I'm going to feel differently.