The Dust Settles

This year’s Melbourne Cup is at last run and won. I can now concentrate on the things that I find are the most interesting things. While ever there is this huge public mindset about gambling being promoted everywhere it is hard to cut across the usual expected perspectives. When the sturm und drang are all over, there is space for a different view.

Gambling – or let’s say, taking risk for the sake of deriving a cash money profit – is a much slower paced thing than most people realise.

 

The 'Chautauqua Belle'

- paddle steamer.

Hanging out late into the summer dusk, on the river boat tied up at the Murray Bridge dock down the South West in Western Australia, after the race day at Pinjarra way out in the Australian bush – more or less - has finished...

So now horses have died at the big city meet. Whenever there is such big money as what the 6 million dollar Melbourne Cup involves, everything that happens in or around it is automatically suspicious.

Now I am not a person whose interest in race horses is confined to the animals themselves – I am very much interested in the money that goes along with the whole racing business. I’d say my interest is about 50/50 - the horses, and the money.

Take note of this pic above of the New York located steamboat ‘Chautauqua Belle.’ What a beautiful picture.

It may become important again when the Southern Hemisphere’s autumn comes around. Can you wait that long? Will you even remember by that time?

‘Chautauqua...’ ‘Chautauqua...’ I hope no one tampers with this horse. I might have to sell a silver spur to put money on this horse, but I will be putting money on it when the time comes. Horse racing is all about time. One minute and ten seconds can actually take several years...

This horse is probably going to run in the Darley Classic this coming Saturday and will be worth watching.