After going to class in the morning of Tuesday 1 November, we met up with Jenny and Grahame to experience the Melbourne Cup.
The Melbourne Cup is the most famous and prestigious horse race in Australia. It takes place every year on 1 November in Melbourne.
Grahame came and picked us up at 1 pm. We went to their place from where we walked to a nearby pub called Maryville Tavern.
At the tavern, Jenny and Linnea got champagne while Grahame got a beer and Gustav got an apple cider. Jenny ordered a platter with crackers, cheese, olives, and more, for everyone.
The race was not on yet, so Grahame bought scratchers for the sweepstakes for the race. So we got one random horse each and therefore we started to read up on the horses and jockeys. Grahame had brought the section of the newspaper containing all the race stats for the day.
We also put bets on one horse each that we thought seemed got based on the stats. The bets we made were at one dollar each.
When the race came on everyone in the tavern moved their focus to the televisions. Even though there were a lot of people in the tavern, no one seemed too happy about the result and neither were we. No one of the four of us won, or even had a horse in the top three.
After this, we started reading up on the next race, which actually is not a part of the Melbourne Cup since that was just that one race. We selected a horse each and put a bet on the race.
This time the luck was on our side. Linnea’s horse came in first place and Gustav’s in second. Based on the odds, we both ended up winning about 8 dollars each.
After this second race and a few more drinks, we walked back to Jenny and Grahame’s place where we ordered some Thai food that we enjoyed together.
/ Gustav & Linnea