Comments on: Melbourne Cup by Numbers

By: GO, LOST IN THE MOMENT!

GO, LOST IN THE MOMENT! — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:02:40 +0000

[...] best guide to all things arcane that we could find was this excellent blogger Stubborn Mule who seems just as clueless as we are when it comes to horse racing , but a whizz with numbers and [...]

By: Disappointing the punters

Disappointing the punters — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 02:28:13 +0000

[...] readers will recall last year’s astonishing correct tip for the Melbourne Cup here on the Mule. I was vaguely contemplating an equally spurious analysis this year, but [...]

By: Muze

Muze — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 08:18:44 +0000

Hey mule,
Will you have a tip for this year’s race on Monday? I’ll be checking early this year. :)

By: stubbornmule

stubbornmule — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:54:53 +0000

muze: thanks for clearing that up! I was hoping that someone would. So, now I've learned all about handicaps and what sex "horse" is. Stud does make more sense though.

By: muze

muze — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:47:32 +0000

Wish I’d seen your blog before the race. I’ll keep an eye out next year.
Can’t believe nobody has commented on your remark about “horse” being a sex. A horse is a horse, of course, of course. A filly is a young female horse, a colt is a young male horse which still has his gonads. A mare is a more mature female horse. a horse is a more mature male horse which still has his gonads. I’m sure there must be a specific age that a filly becomes a mare and a colt becomes a horse, but I don’t know what that is. A gelding is a male horse which no longer has his gonads. I don’t think age is important, but they don’t usually geld horses too young in case they prove to be potential stud material. So maybe instead of “horse” they should call them “stud”.

By: Tall Paul

Tall Paul — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:59:04 +0000

Thanks Mule! Put $25 each way on Shocking – funded a fantastic (and fantastically hot) Cup day! I owe you some oats and a carrot

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:39:31 +0000

Bit arsey mate!!! Hope you got a few bucks on the nose. I was actually going to follow your random tip yesterday and forgot to get to the TAB… might say that I was a little unimpressed when Shocking won.

By: stubbornmule

stubbornmule — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:30:11 +0000

Fusion: I’m very happy to have put a glow in your day…but I can’t promise to manage such a hot tip again.

By: Fusion

Fusion — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:22:18 +0000

Thanks for the Melbourne Cup tip Stuuborn Mule, you are offically a legend. As a result of your tip I backed Shocking which put a glow on the day.

By: stubbornmule

stubbornmule — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:25:07 +0000

Binsains: Now that was a rookie error. I hope you didn’t go the whole way and back Spin Around. As well as pulling Shocking in the sweep, I put $5 on each way at the TAB (yes, evo, I know I said on the nose). So all up I did ok out of the Cup, which is a rare thing.