This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Melbourne Cup. I've been photographing the race since 1993. That was my first year, and I am ashamed to say that I was completely overwhelmed by the occasion and by the sheer noise of the crowd. I botched the finish completely. I did redeem myself a little bit my taking a very nice sequence from the top of the Clock Tower building. But given that the winner was Vintage Crop, that it was the first time international horses had competed in the race, and one of them had actually won the race, in large part I shall never forgive myself for this failure. I did take some good shots though, and wasn't completely hopeless, but admit to being overwhelmed come the Cup. Sigh... 1994 - kinder to me. I wasn't properly accredited yet, and it was cold and wet, but I did get some proper images of the finish. I really liked the winner, a stallion called Jeune, too (although didn't put any money on him, alas, he paid $20), but the Cler...