Melbourne Cup
Australia's most prestigious horse race, held the first Tuesday of every November, draws more than 100,000 spectators to Flemington Park Racecourse, in addition to millions of viewers on television
November 2, 2004

1-Umbrellas It was a rainy, cold & windy day at Flemington Park for the Caulfield, but there were still around 100,000 people that turned out for Australia's biggest horse race, 2-PreRaceParade Horses & jockeys proceeding towards the starting line 3-WinnersCircle Flemington Park Racecourse 4-PreRaceParade A very rainy pre-race procession 5-DownTheStretchTheyCome And down the stretch they come at the Melbourne Cup!  The favourite, Makybe Diva, is in the lead, and held on to win his second consecutive Melbourne Cup 6-MakybeDiva Makybe Diva in the center of the winner's circle after the race 7-PostRaceParade More of the post-race parade