Melbourne Cup Visits the Home of Brisbane’s Biggest Cup Day Celebration
Hosted by Ian skippen from Triple M's The Cage, the Melbourne Cup Trophy glistened infront of some of Brisbane's most priveleged as it visited Brisbane Racing Club earlier today- the home of Brisbane's Toyota Melbourne Cup Day Live Party on November 2nd.
The trophy itself is worth $125,000, made of 34 pieces of 18 carat gold which are hand beaten over 200 hours and is the most identifiable sporting trophy anywhere in the world.
Two-time Melbourne Cup winning jockey John letts also spoke about his time as a jockey and now as the official Melbourne Cup Tour Ambassador.
Judith Fitzmaurice from the Victoria Racing Club launched the luncheon's proceedings as the Cup visits Brisbane as part of a 220 day world tour, celebrating the 150th running of the race, its history and heroes.
