Today the Melbourne Cup was on at Flemington, Melbourne in Australia. The Melbourne cup is horse racing. The Melbourne cup is once a year on the fisrt Tuesdasy on November. We picked a horse out of box and I got Newport which came about 10th out of 24. Shocking won and he was 11 dollars to win. The people in our class who won got prizes. Jaimee got 1st place so she got a mini trophy and a packet of Bananas.