Any suggestions for a good Spot to watch the race and have a few glasses of champers? Last year the soi 8 bar had a large gathering of expats, mostly ladies dressed up for the occasion

Melbourne cup day is always fantastic for watching the fillies.

Melbourne cup day is always fantastic for watching the fillies.

Sweet, anyone know any offshore bookies??

LOL Soundman your a mod.

I'm not sure about the champers but I know Molly Malone's are doing a buffet breakfast at 300 bt to coincide with the occasion.

1-SEPTIMUS

8-MAD RUSH

18-PROFOUND BEAUTY

wish me luck guys.......BTW mods i`m only betting on candy hehehe

From "The Age".

Viewed wins Melbourne Cup

• Andrew Garvey
  
• November 4, 2008 - 3:26PM
  

Viewed, ridden by Blake Shinn, and Bauer, with Corey Brown in the saddle, drive for the post in today's heart-stopping Cup finish. Viewed paid more than $40 in tote betting. Photo: Sebastian Costanzo

Cups King Bart Cummings created yet more history when outsider Viewed, ridden by Blake Shinn, took out the $5.65 million Melbourne Cup after a photo finish at Flemington this afternoon.

Viewed gave Cummings his 12th Melbourne Cup winner after winning his first with Light Fingers in 1965.

Viewed wins Melbourne Cup

Photo-finish confirms Viewed as Melbourne Cup champion, giving Bart Cummings his 12th Cup winner.

The win also gave Cummings, who started training in 1953, his 250th group one victory.

After racing midfield as the Aiden O'Brien-trained Alessandro Volta set a hot pace, Viewed - a 45-1 roughie on the tote - moved into the race on the turn and took over with 300 metres to travel.

The Luca Cumani trained-Bauer emerged from the pack to challenge and looked set to get to him but under hard riding from Shinn, Viewed held on to win by a nose.

The John Sadler-trained C'est La Guerre ran on well two lengths further back in third position.

The favourite Mad Rush settled back in the field and ran on fairly without ever looking a winning chance.

At the presentation, Cummings said it was great to see an Australian horse win the Melbourne Cup as the international raiders again threatened to take home the trophy.

"It's great to see the Aussies succeed, not only in racing but in cricket," Cummings said, in reference to his horse edging out English horse Bauer.

"But I really thought it would have been a dead heat."

Where they finished:

1. Viewed

2. Bauer

3. C'est La Guerre

4. Master O'Reilly

5. Profound Beauty

6. Moatize

7. Mad Rush

8. Nom du Jeu

9. Zipping

10. Newport

11. Ice Chariot

12. Guyno

13. Littorio

14. Varevees

15. Boundless

16. Red Lord

17. Prize Lady

18. Septimus

19. Barbaricus

20. Alessandro Volta

21. Honolulu (last)

Gallopin failed to finish

- with Scott Spits

Hope you all backed winners (in Australia ).

Soundman.

**sighz** i lost alot of candy yesterday....