Remember, Remember ... to Bet Responsibly on Melbourne Cup Day?🐴🏆🏇🤑💰💸

The Melbourne Cup is run on the first Tuesday in November, which just happens to be the 5th of November this year:-)

I haven't had a win on The Cup since 2018 when Cross Counter won -

Picking a Winner?

And this year I've wacked $50 on the nose of ABSURDE at 10-1.

I was going to back SEA KING but backed down at the last minute because of the British female jockey riding it.

King of the Street Libraries?💀♔📚♚👻

A penguin eating chicken, how ABSURDE:-)

Trust the New Zealanders to have ABSURDE chip mascots;-)

I guess I'll find out in less than an hour if that was an ABSURDE bet or not.

UPDATE: November 5th, 2024

Looks like only the bookies won today:-(

Not all was lost, as I can flip my losing ticket over and use it as a $50 post it note:-)

And it was a horse from my home Australian state of Queensland that won the race, too:-(

And what really pisses me off is that as soon as I had placed my bet the "universe" starts throwing synchs my way about #11.

Jockey Robbie Dolan is 'dreaming'
 after a Cup win

And that f#ckin' UFO that Dolan was riding.

"Knight’s Choice was a bargain buy for just $85,000 for Laxon and her Sunshine Coast operation. It has turned out to be the best investment Australian racing has seen for some time.
The five-year-old gelding was considered an $81 long-shot with bookmakers with his victory one of the biggest boil overs seen in recent years.
It was also the first time Queensland-based Irish jockey Dolan was racing in the Cup.
“Pinch me. I’m dreaming,” he said after the race."

TOE of the UFO?🛸 👽👾👀

RBA holds rates steady at 4.35 per cent

And like I say, most Australians lost today, as the RBA have put a hold on interest rates.