Makybe Diva

Tuesday November the 4th marked another Melbourne Cup, promising a day filled with champagne, crowds and colour. 1000s of spectators, staff and jockeys had lined up in the hope of cashing in on some success. Unfortunately this was not the case for the owners of Admire Rakti or Araldo, who tragically died after the race. This sudden and shocking news has re-ignited the issue of whether horse racing should be banned in Australia. Ironically this issue is driven on both sides by the same impulse: the

A couple of years ago, Australia watched on from their tellies as ‘Four Corners’ unraveled the darkest of secrets in modern day greyhound racing. We exposed the gruesome sport for what it is, a lower class ‘Melbourne Cup’ which sends a clear and undeniable statement that the GRV (Greyhound Racing Victoria) have a lack of motivation and desire to fix the sport. The allegations that live baiting is used during training and the corruption surrounding the policing of the sport, further supports the idea

New currents in European cinema began to arise in the nineteen eighties. Globalization radically impacted the form and content of cinema much in the same way that it reshaped politics and economics. With the formation of the European Union, the destruction of the fracturing of the Soviet Republic, and the advent of the internet, artistic sensibilities began to blur across country lines. This is not to say that nations ceased to have their specific cultural relevancy within their films. Rather, they

Throughout the last 15 years, American horse racing fans have gotten the opportunity to learn about horse racing in Australia. Much of this has come about because of online sports/race books offering live racing and horse racing tips from "down under." What Americans are learning through these race tips and exposure is that Australian horse racing is amongst some of the best in the world. In an effort to remind American racing fans about a rich Australian racing history that has been filled with

reason the Melbourne cup is known as ‘the race that stops the nation’ having been around since 1861 and attracting crowds in excess of 100,000 yearly, with the highest number of attendees occurring in 2003 with over 122,000 people gathering to watch Makybe Diva win her first of three consecutive Melbourne cup titles, but the Melbourne cup is not the only historically significant event in Australia with the Melbourne cup carnival total attendances being well over 300,000 people a year for the 4 events.

In the Atlanta Olympics of 1996 the Freestyle dressage made its daube. It’s the kind of sport you find yourself watching when you’re just flicking through the channels. No one actually knows what’s going on but at least it looks good. The long and colorful traditions of Dressage go as far back as ancient Greece. Dressage, the highest expression of horse training, is considered the art of Equestrian sport and is used as the groundwork for all other disciplines. When Equestrian rider Charlotte