It's also possible some of the local interest has waned with the foreign horses. That has been a theme for a few years now.
The only people using that term are on nrl redditWho's the dumber merkin @Perth Red or @Wb1234 ?
Couldn’t be bothered posting there’s loads of twitter posts from people saying they don’t watch the Melbourne cup anymore
it’s lost it’s aura
Similar age to meWhen did it have an "aura"? Never had one as long as I can remember (or at least not in my neck of the woods), and I'm in my 50s.
Hahaha no gambling....no horse racing. You precious merkin. Let me guess you're vegan too?Maybe we just have a more enlightened generation that isnt buying into harming animals to make money?
yep, no suckers, no horse racing.Hahaha no gambling....no horse racing. You precious merkin. Let me guess you're vegan too?
How anyone can defend this current pathetic generation is beyond me.
Seems like Australia is just getting bored of things that are associated with MelbourneHorse racing reminds me of the afl,both as boring as each other
"Cruel" fmd you're so misinformed on such a wide range of subjectsyep, no suckers, no horse racing.
Maybe future generations are just not as dumb as past ones? We can but live in hope that horse racing eventually goes the way of other cruel animal 'sports' that existed for gambling.
The horse race that stops Victoria
yeh whipping a horse so it runs so fast its lungs bleed is such a compassionate past time!"Cruel" fmd you're so misinformed on such a wide range of subjects
Yep going to EnglandI love having a dig @ the afl.
Cannot wait till Cwood plays in the world club challenge, against themselves. Poor buggers.
Does anyone know if Penrith is going to England, or is Wigan coming here? Is anything confirmed,date, time, venue?
Date? Time?Yep going to England
will miss out on the nrl pre season challenge