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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BettyBoop, post: 1004658, member: 3302&quot;]aah, a local holiday. In Melbourne, Australia, the first Tuesday in November is Melbourne Cup Day, apparently the first day in the world to have a public holiday for a horse race. It is a time-honoured race, starting in 1861, for any horse and run over 2 miles then, now 3200 metres, and limited to 24 runners.</p><p>In the last couple of decades many horses now travel from overseas - UK, France, USA, Japan, New Zealand - for the rich prize money on offer: AU$8 million, AU$4.4 million for first place, plus a gold cup trophy, in 2019,. (not to mention the prestige).</p><p>Not sure what 2020 will bring though, we still have racing, but at this stage, without any crowds. only on TV.</p><p>The horse pictured on the stamp &quot;Archer&quot;, won the first two cups, 1861, 1862.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]12954[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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