Play them Delta Blues!

I did it! I picked the winner of the Melbourne Cup!

Previously, the best my selections had ever done was run a place and people expect better than that from someone who used to work in a TAB.

This year, I had a feeling about Delta Blues. He was supposedly Japan's top horse, yet many weren't giving him a chance. I hoped this would be reflected in what odds he paid, were he to beat home the other champion GGs.

I was right. My $5 each-way bet netted me $118.50, thank you very much.

Minus my $10 outlay (and $7 I spent in our two work sweeps), that leaves a C-bill to spend on a sushi lunch and stack of new books from Kinokuniya in honour of my four-legged Japanese benefactor!