Anyone been to the melbourne cup?

does anyone know what is the best area to book into at the racecourse, we were thinking the precinct because not interested in a meal

i left melb in '82 .. the last cup i attended in person was when piping lane won .. so i'm no help you will need a younger race attender than me

however .. in my day .. the precinct .. was where the rowdy boys and naughty girls ended up for the night

... so you might have some fun there i guess ...

good fortunes blackie

Maybe I can help as i'm a lot younger than Thebas, try the silver ring

you have many Spys .. spy .. well more them me lol ... so Blackie would be best following your info than mine 

Oops, the silver ring is at Royal Ascot ffs

well you have ... more .. international spys than me then Spy

Your spies told my spies

I'd be surprised if any of this lot ever leave the house Blackjack.....

Melbourne cup my boll0x.....

we have a group goin for three days of festival cup oaks and stakes day, does anyone know what is the best area to book into at the racecourse, we were thinking the precinct because not interested in a meal or in that case are we just better off going in general admission? any help would be greatly appreciated.

Please define "group".

Age
Sex
and "group" size.

just 5 lads late 20s early 30s lookin beer birds and a punt basically

J.R.Hartley • April 11, 2014 12:30 PM BST
I'd be surprised if any of this lot ever leave the house Blackjack..


How do you know i'm under house arrest?

General admission will do you fine, methinks. Still need to pre-purchase tkts online.

late 20s early 30s lookin beer birds and a punt

sniff ...those were the days.

Get on here closer to the time and more assistance, if required, will be yours.

cheers think GA is the winner as well only costs £102 dont mind skimping already cost us 2k each just to go for 2 weeks ffs, do u know if u can upgrade whilst in the course like u can in england if we fancied it or won a few quid

102 pound total for three days entry?...I assume?

yeah thats right the precint is 262 pounds for 2 days and 1 in GA aint open on stakes day for sum reason

Not sure about "upgrading"  once on-course. As far as I know all choices are pre-booked .

You've probably looked but...this has ticketing options.

http://melbournecup.com/whats-on/plan-your-visit/visiting-flemington/

GA is available each off the four days.

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yeah i know but we will miss the first day due to working at down royal in NI not flying out till sun morn unfortunately

Not sure if The Precinct is a "Sold-Out" situation, even on the day or a day ors so before????

Poss GA Cup Day and have a look at what you're "missing out on"?

before committing for the Thurs and Sat.

that would be ideal situation cheers for the input

No worries, mate.

I wouldn't recommend going. Last time I went was 1986. I couldn't back a winner and ended up going home with Lady Susan Renouf,who despite being an enthusiastic shag gave me a nasty dose of chlamydia.

You mean Susan Rossiter-Peacock-Sangster-Renouf-?-?-? ffs  ?

That's the one.

For a moment there I was in danger of becoming Prime Minister!

She said you enjoyed her chlam chowder

Mmmmmmmmmmmm....Clam Chowder......

Not clam, chlam ffs

Apr 11, 2014 -- 12:53PM, blackjack85 wrote:

just 5 lads late 20s early 30s lookin beer birds and a punt basically

WTF is cHlam?

me a nasty dose of chlamydia.

Thank Tins ffs

you

As a party, it's grossly overpriced.

As a day at the races it blows goat.

Unless you fork out the extra money (and plenty of it) for reserved seating you'll be watching the races on a screen. Might as well stay home and watch it on T.V. You'll certainly see a lot more. If you're on the lawn you will literally not be able to move. Getting a bet on will be a major logistical exercise. Getting a drink will cost a king's ransom and will be about as hard as getting a bet on.

The only decent viewing spot at Flemington is the Hill Stand and the seats there will cost a fortune. The Members is a terrible place to watch the races from because you're behind plastic, except for the old stand which is much too low to get a decent view, the pylons obscure your view and it's about a furlong short of the winning post so a photo finish is anyone's guess.

Then there's all the corporate areas which are OK if you're a B-list celebrity hoping to see a few A-list celebrities. But if you're interested in the races, forget it.

I've only ever been to one Melbourne Cup ... 1997 ... Might And Power. Even though I finished in front on the day it was probably the most miserable day I've ever spent on a racecourse. Never again.

If you want to see a big race meeting at Flemington the time to go is the autumn. Super Saturday. Australia Cup day. Check it out before it gets too popular and becomes just like Melbourne Cup day.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Carefully crafted, thinly veiled, blatantly obvious...

aftertimer!

.....it's good Spoonless.....but not quite in Bluffers class yet...........................BJT • April 11, 2014 2:19 PM BST

I backed Sunline once.  Snuck down to the pub when I was about 17.  Went down there and got on it, grabbed a form guide and made a real informed decision. 
Backed her in a trifecta.
Had the fist pump going when it got up, went to get paid and had to wait as it was only the interim.....


He was at it when he was 17 ffs........

You've been bobbing around so long in the Irish Sea, waiting for a nibble that you've lost your bearings, Pufinstuff .

Look at the depth of detail, the intricate depths of moaning in Philberg Pill's post.

Reeks of subterfuge. No one could be so miserable, unless...............


He's OLD !!!

Don't get me wrong me wrong Spoonless.......as i've said it's very good.......he's still got a long way to go to topple the two after-timing kings on here......Bluffer and Letty .

Poor quality bait.

Lift your game  or head back to the fish-farm, wasting your time in these waters.

Bait!!!!.....bare hooks work in this place ffs.....must be the warm water

Last time I went to the Melbourne Cup was in 1987. I was in one of those celebrity marquees and met a terrific old boiler called Lady Susan Renouf. She said she had been married to some of the richest and most powerful men in the land but she had never got over an encounter she had a year ago with a gentleman she had met at the Melbourne Cup. A private school man of impeccable manners with the LOUDEST BELCH on any human being she had ever met. A prodigious user of alcohol with a most offensive sense of humour who had difficulty in both keeping his hands to himself and his trousers on. I asked what was it about this man that had so changed her life. She said mostly because of the fact that he had given her AIDS!! I was unperturbed by this news. I was preoccupied trying to get a particulary stubborn champagne cork out of a bottle of Moet. She said no man had touched her since that day. She was a bit sad about that because the old girl really LOVED A ROOOT!!

We went back to her place in TOOORACK. I said get undressed bitch 'cause I'm about to fire the ROCKETS TO THE ASSS!!' She said 'but you can't. I've got AIDS.'  By this time I was on my 7th bottle of MOET I didn't give a FCKK ABOUT AIDS. YOU CAN SHOVE YOUR AIDS UP MY ASS FOR ALL I CARE!! Lady Susan was most appreciative of my BONER. She said no one she had ever met had been able to consume SO MUCH ALCOHOL and maintain a perfect erection. No one except for the BAD MAN that gave her AIDS. I said the CNTT was probably on DRUGS. Lady Susan gives a terrific BJ. She can actually suck your dick while drinking a glass of MOET and organise her social engagements for the coming week with her personal secretary all at the same time. At one point she said she had to take an important call and asked if I'd mind if the personal secretary took over on the BJ and I said 'that's fine go right ahead' and I gotta say Nigel did a terrific job in her absence.

Anyway it was a lovely day. I never got AIDS either which was a bonus. Just chlamydia.

lol.  Out of the thousands of names I have been called on here, pretty sure that is the first time aftertimer has been used.

17?  My old man used to give me the form guide and put bets on for me since I was about 10 ffs..... 

Is much easier to remember when it wasn't 60 years ago.... 

my experience much the same as Pittsburgh Phil and we had a runner so do go prepared for a bit of a bun fight to say the least. getting to and from the racecourse not the easiest either if you're not going by train.

you'd also want to book your hotels well in advance if you need one, if you need a recommendation let me know, i found one i thought was excellent value and they loved their racing, too. as for taxis they are thin on the ground and my driver asked me to show him the way!!

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As a party, it's grossly overpriced.

As a day at the races it blows goat.

Unless you fork out the extra money (and plenty of it) for reserved seating you'll be watching the races on a screen. Might as well stay home and watch it on T.V. You'll certainly see a lot more. If you're on the lawn you will literally not be able to move. Getting a bet on will be a major logistical exercise. Getting a drink will cost a king's ransom and will be about as hard as getting a bet on.

The only decent viewing spot at Flemington is the Hill Stand and the seats there will cost a fortune. The Members is a terrible place to watch the races from because you're behind plastic, except for the old stand which is much too low to get a decent view, the pylons obscure your view and it's about a furlong short of the winning post so a photo finish is anyone's guess.

Then there's all the corporate areas which are OK if you're a B-list celebrity hoping to see a few A-list celebrities. But if you're interested in the races, forget it.

I've only ever been to one Melbourne Cup ... 1997 ... Might And Power. Even though I finished in front on the day it was probably the most miserable day I've ever spent on a racecourse. Never again.

If you want to see a big race meeting at Flemington the time to go is the autumn. Super Saturday. Australia Cup day. Check it out before it gets too popular and becomes just like Melbourne Cup day.





What a load of crap, been a member at flemington for many years never watched a race threw plastic, have always had a great elevated view about 30m from the line, I think your 2nd last paragraphs 1st sentence is the only one that needs reading

I have been twice and I echo Earlycrow thoughts:

"it was probably the most miserable day I've ever spent on a racecourse"

Way too too too busy.

Maybe concede to the fact that you are there for the memories and selfies and settle your group in a corner of one of the upstairs public areas with no long term intention to be roaming the course.....(maybe roam the course so you can answer a question like yours in years to come)

I was there as cattle class and sounds like you will be there that same class

opps ..I mean Pittsburg Pete not early crow who was just quoting the first named