Delta Blues' jockey Yasunari Iwata would be laughing all the way to the bank, after claiming the top spot and walking home with A$3m.
It was his first time racing in Australia. I reckon this would not be his last time here for sure.
The bookies were laughing together, because the right Japanese horse won.
The joint favourites at were Pop Rock, the runner-up, and Tawqeet, which finished 19th, followed by Yeats, which was 7th.
"Had Pop Rock won, the result would have been a disaster for us," Sydney interstate rails fielder Con Kafataris said. "It was a huge go, the best-backed runner of the race. If Pop Rock had won, we were wiped out, but instead I think you'll find every bookmaker would have filled up."
Melbourne bookmaker Alan Eskander said the difference between a Delta Blues and Pop Rock win was "about $700,000".
Last year Makybe Diva was the worst way for bookies when the punters' favourite made it three consecutive Cup wins.
NSW bet the most of all states on the Melbourne Cup, $53.1 million this year, down 5 per cent on last year.
Former Miss Universe, Jennifer Hawkins looked all smiles with the result.
Frankly, I'm more interested in other form of horsepower. The grunt for the all new Honda Civic Type R.
Hopefully this concept car will be in production and available in Australia.
We went to watch Clint Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers in the evening, after a sumptuous dinner at Pho Pasteur.
The famous flag-raising at Mt. Suribachi on Iwo Jima was faithfully re-created in the movie.
This was the actual photograph taken by Joe Rosenthal on Feb 23, 1945.
The movie was based on the same titled book by John "Doc" Bradley's son, James Bradley.
If you had caught the movie, there was a scene when Doc's best friend, Ralph Ignatowski was down with bullet wound. Doc went to get help and realised "Iggy" was missing when he got back.
Doc went into a tunnel later with a torchlight and found Iggy lying there. The scene just showed Doc's expression before he turn off his torchlight and walked out.
I reckon we were not shown what happened to Iggy because it was too gruesome.
According to Wikpedia, Iggy was captured, dragged into a tunnel by Japanese soldiers, and had his eyes, ears, and fingernails removed, his teeth smashed, the back of his head caved in, multiple bayonet wounds to the abdomen, and his severed genitalia stuffed into his mouth.
Doc was tormented by memories of the war; his wife, Betty says he wept in his sleep for several years and kept a large knife in a dresser drawer for "protection".
How many of you are still tormented by your past? It's about time to let it go.
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