Ancient Citadel

My nephew TJ created a recipe - he's 5 by the way. Here it is.

• Wash Hands
• Start cooking
• 2 big spoons of baking soda
• 2 vanilla yoghurts
• 3 chopped bananas
• 3 eggs
• Add salt and pepper
• Stir
• Put it in the oven for 10 hours
• Put some sauce on it
• Eat it.

Hmm. I think I'll skip this one. Maybe next time.

Today is Melbourne Cup Day. A public holiday in Victoria. For a horse race. That’s Victorians for you. We love our sport.

For the Cup, fixed for the first Tuesday in November. nearly every person in Australia stops to watch or listen.

Todays Results:  1st - Delta Blues
                                2nd - Pop Rock
                                3rd - Maybe Better
I bet on Pop Rock and Ice Chariot – So I got 2nd and 22nd out of 23 horses.

So I hope you enjoyed the 146th Melbourne Cup today.


Melbourne Cup Trivia

• The Cup was first run in 1861.

• Melbourne Cup Race Record: Kingston Rule 1990 - 3 minutes 16.3 seconds

• Distance: 3200 metres

• Biggest Winning Margins: 8 lengths - Archer 1862 / Rain Lover 1968

• Highest Winning Weight:
  
  • 10st 5 lb (65.5 kg) Carbine
  • 10st 2 lb (64.5 kg) Archer
  • 10st 0 lb (63.5 kg) Poitrel

• Highest Weight Carried: 10st 10 lb (68 kg) Phar Lap

• Age Of Winners:
  
  • 3 year old - 23 - last 3yo - Skipton (1941)
  • 4 year old - 41
  • 5 year old - 41
  • 6 year old - 26
  • 7 year old - 9
  • 8 year old - 2
    

• Most Wins:
  
  • 3 Wins - Makybe Diva - 2003 - 2005
  • 2 Wins - Archer - 1861 - 62; Peter Pan - 1932 - 1934; Rain Lover - 1968 - 69; Think Big - 1974 - 75
    

I'm not sure what I'll do with this, we'll just have to wait and see.