When Mark Twain attended the Melbourne Cup in 1881 he said,

“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.”

For at least ten years I’ve been reminding you around this time every year that my speaking mate, Max Hitchins, pursues his longstanding hobby of endeavouring to predict the winner of the Melbourne Cup, the world’s most famous horse race. His success rate is phenomenal and I always include his tips in my cup day flutters. So I reckon it’s worth investing 10 bucks to get his tips for the big day.

Just because he could, Max has memorised the placegetters for the last 100 years and this led him to create a web site focusing on Pick the Cup Winner. That in turn led him to write an annual eBook about picking the winner of each year’s Melbourne Cup and sell it at his web site.

If you are an Australian, it is almost mandatory for you to look at the above sites! If you are not an Australian, they are still worth a look. May I wish you the best of luck at picking the winner of the race that stops a nation! Remember his e-book is Pick the Winner of the 2018 Melbourne Cup