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* * Horse racing in Australia Melbourne Cup *On the first Tuesday in November *Since 1877, Cup Day has been a public holiday for Melbourne *Australians everywhere stop for it *Mark Twain said of a visit to the Melbourne Cup in 1895: Nowhere in the world have I encountered a festival of people that has such a magnificent appeal to the whole nation. The Cup astonishes me. Fashions and race culture *The party atmosphere : champagne and canapés, huge hats and racetrack fashions * one of the few places in colonial Australia where high society and the lower classes came together socially *The first Australian race meet, held in 1810, established the culture of the Melbourne Cup from the 1880s onwards, the crowds transformed the race meetings into a fashion spectacular. People wear beautiful caps and dresses. *Phar Lap is perhaps Australias most famous racehorse, combining stamina and speed *Over his career he won more than ￡65,000 in prize money and won 37 of his 51 starts In 2005, Makybe Diva made history by being the first horse to win the Melbourne Cup three times, winning consecutive races in 2003, 2004 and 2005. Gambling *