If you’re lucky, you may even see a horse.
So Tuesday was the Melbourne Cup, the biggest day on Australia's social calendar.

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The Cup was won by a female jockey for the first time, with the help of her brother Stevie. It's a really nice story.

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Just more than 100,000 people packed into Flemington race course for the event. It's the nation's biggest party.

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And boy oh boy were the punters in a good mood.

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