Melbourne Cup

[TalkToTheHoof]

Originally Posted by eurobounce

I really liked how they introduced the riders before the race. I think that would be great to do on Breeders Cup day so people actually get to see the Int'l jocks.

From what I could tell, they did introduce all of the jockeys before the BC races. Each jockey came out holding the flag of their home country. Gave it a real international flavor.

They started showing it on ESPN, and then stopped around 5 seconds into it. I was disappointed, as we only got to see a few of the participants.

There are pictures of all the jockeys lined up with their flags on the AP horseracing photo sites.