Melbourne cup : The race that stops a nation

Melbourne Cup Day is Australia's most famous Tuesday. It's a day when the nation stops whatever it's doing to listen to the race call, or watch the race on TV, and even those who don't usually bet, try their luck.
I've bet five bucks on an horse named Strabourg today.
Why Strabourg ?
Because it's the same name than a town where I used to live in France :) .