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The Melbourne Cup
is Australia's major annual thoroughbred horse race. Billed as The race
that stops a nation, it is for three-year-olds and over, and covers a
distance of 3,200 metres. It is generally regarded as the most
prestigious "two-mile" handicap in the world. The event is held on the
first Tuesday in November by the Victoria Racing Club, on the Flemington
Racecourse in Melbourne.
This year's race is held on
Tuesday 1st November 2011.
The race was originally held over two miles (about 3,218 metres) but
following preparation for Australia's adoption of the metric system in
the 1970s, the current race distance of 3,200 metres was established in
1972. This reduced the distance by 61ft 6in, and Rain Lover's 1968 race
record of 3min.19.1sec was accordingly adjusted to 3min.17.9sec. The
present record holder is the 1990 winner Kingston Rule with a time of
3min 16.3sec.
The 2010 Melbourne Cup winner was Americain, ridden by Gérald Mossé and
trained by
Alain de Royer Dupre
HOW TO RUN A MELBOURNE CUP
SWEEP
A sweep is when a number of
people pay to purchase a coupon, each representing a horse. The tickets
are given out randomly, and each coupon costs the same (usually $1 –
$5), so there is no skill element involved, and odds are ignored
completely. The prize pool is made up of the receipts exclusively, and
is divided out to the holders of the tickets for winning horses.
Typically, first place will win
about half of the prize pool, with the remainder divided on a sliding
scale to second and third. There may even be some money given to last
place, considering the random nature of a sweep.
Participating in a Melbourne Cup
sweep is an Australian way of life in workplaces and social clubs
throughout the country, becoming the focus of the days festivities.
At SweepForms.com we provide
FREE OF CHARGE Ready-To-Print Melbourne Cup Sweep forms and
Draw Forms in PDF format.
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if you experience trouble
downloading (our servers are very busy at Cup time!) - then try these
Alternative Download links:-
Sweep
Tickets - Horses 1-12 DOWNLOAD
Sweep
Tickets Horses - 13-24 DOWNLOAD
Sweep
Draw Sheet DOWNLOAD
or download all 3
sheets in a ZIP
file
Files are in PDF format
(most of us have Adobe installed on our computers, if not you need to
visit http://www.adobe.com
to download)
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