2016 Melbourne Cup Sweep

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Cleo Patra
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2016 Melbourne Cup Sweep

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For those who are not familiar with how a sweep works - basically each person participating will be allocated a horse in the race before the start of the race. If your horse wins/ places in the Melbourne Cup, you get money!. There are 24 spots in the sweep and it is FREE to enter.

To enter, simple reply to this post. I will run the sweep to randomly assign everybody's horses (using the sweep generator) as soon as we get the 24 places filled!

Prizes will be as follows (1.2 million donated by the amazing Peter Gleason, and 1 million donated by me):

1st: $1.2m
2nd: $500k
3rd: $300k
Last: $200k

The Field
1 . BIG ORANGE (GB)
2 . OUR IVANHOWE (GER)
3 . CURREN MIROTIC (JPN)
4 . BONDI BEACH (IRE)
5 . EXOSPHERIC (GB)
6 . HARTNELL (GB)
7 . WHO SHOT THEBARMAN (NZ)
8 . WICKLOW BRAVE (GB)
9 . ALMOONQITH (USA)
10 . GALLANTE (IRE)
11 . GRAND MARSHAL (GB)
12 . JAMEKA
13 . HEARTBREAK CITY (FR)
14 . SIR JOHN HAWKWOOD (IRE)
15 . EXCESS KNOWLEDGE (GB)
16 . BEAUTIFUL ROMANCE (GB)
17 . ALMANDIN (GER)
18 . ASSIGN (IRE)
19 . GREY LION (IRE)
20 . OCEANOGRAPHER (GB)
21 . SECRET NUMBER (GB)
22 . PENTATHLON (NZ)
23 . QEWY (IRE)
24 . ROSE OF VIRGINIA (NZ)

Discover More About the Race That Stops a Nation
The Melbourne Cup is known in Australia as "the race that stops a nation". On the first Tuesday of every November, Australians stop and turn on the television to watch 24 runners compete over 3200 metres (2 miles) for one of the world's richest and best turf races. Sweeps like this one are run everywhere and a lot of people take the day off to get dressed up and go to their local races.

You can view the field at the Racing Australia website by clicking here
Check out Sky Racing for all the updates on the race. I'm not sure if overseas viewers can access the broadcast, but there will be one on there.

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Past winners as follows:

2015 (Two sweeps were run due to popularity!)
1- Art Vandelay & Bill Outsilver (PRINCE OF PENZANCE)
2- Elphaba Thropp & Bradley Davis (MAX DYNAMITE)
3- Michael Looker & Ali Hedgestone (CRITERION)
Last- Dom Behan & Kent Saunders (RED CADEAUX)

2014
1- Mary Whalen (Protectionist)
2- Nick Gilmore (Red Cadeaux)
3- Karl Smythe (Who Shot Thebarman)
Last- Garylynn Farms (Admire Rakti)

2013
1- Danny Derby (Fiorente) (5)
2- Laura Cameron (Red Cadeaux) (23)
3- Pete Vella (Mount Athos) (22)
Last - Louise Bayou (Ruscello) (24)

2012
1- Steph Lonhro (Green Moon) (5)
2- Laura Cameron (Fiorente) (2)
3- Art Vandalay (Jakkalberry) (19)
Last - Chris Simpson (Ethiopia) (14)

2011
1- Bill Outsilver (Dunaden) (13)
2- Eric Nalbone (Red Cadeaux) (16)
3- Kimberley Jean (Lucas Cranach) (11)
Last - Bob Green (Modun) (5)

2010
1- Cleo Patra (Americain) (12)
2- Carolyn Eaton (Maluckyday) (6)
3- Franky Dam (So You Think) (3)
Last - Matt Wilson (Zavite) (7)

2009
1- Cleo Patra (Shocking) (22)
2- Happy Trails (Crime Scene) (11)
3- Iggy Timeeczech (Mourilyan) (14)
Last- Michael Edwards (Warringah) (17)

Good luck!
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Michael Looker
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I'm in.
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Carole Hanson
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I'm in! :D

Thanks for running this contest Cleo!
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Include me please.
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Sign me up!
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Count me in!
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Re: 2016 Melbourne Cup Sweep

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Cleo,

Count me in.
Thanks again for running this great contest.

Karl
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I'll play again :)
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Im in
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I'll give it a go cleo
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I'm in! Thanks Cleo!
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I'm in :)
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I'm in. Thanks.
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I'll donate $1.2m for the kitty. Good to see it is still going :)
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I'd like to give it a go, please, Cleo. Thnx!
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