Adam Peacock: Australia Correspondent talks Champions Stakes Day, Melbourne Cup

It’s another big day of horse racing across the ditch. 

Today is Champions Stakes Day in Australia, the finale for the Melbourne Cup Carnival. 

Australian Correspondent Adam Peacock joined Piney to give an update on all the big events from across the ditch, including scenes from the Melbourne Cup. 

“The city is buzzing.” 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine
from Newstalk ZB.

Speaker 2 (00:12):
So let's get her across the Tasman. Adam Peacock, one
of the hardest working men on that side of the Tasman,
or on any side of the Tasman, joins us. Now
what a week it's been for you? Are you still
in Victoria or not?

Speaker 3 (00:23):
Yes, just getting ready for big champions Day? Here three
group ones over this part of the world, Piney, So
we was a little bit of a keyw interest as well.
I think Eleatric Star goes around in the sprint three
year old silly from over your part. So now it's
been a it's been a great week, and of course
are we claiming now let's she's been here for a while,
she had relaxing, but I think she's still got the
chase of the keyw accent winning the Cup early in

(00:45):
the week. So one of the best stories gone around
that is that's one hundred to one winner.

Speaker 2 (00:49):
Yeah, yeah, brilliant. I mean, and I guess the major
storyline of Melbourne Cup week it's it's a it's a
huge week, isn't it. I you know, I don't want
to sort of you know, state obvious too much. But
it's a massive week of horse racing, isn't it.

Speaker 3 (01:06):
Yeah, yeah, you say you've got eight Group one, the
three of which are today. They call it Champions Day.
They've done a really good job in recalibrating this day.
It used to be just a bit nondescript one group one.
Everyone's kind of drying out from the week, if you
know what I mean, because it is a big week
on the social front, it's got to be honest. Then
we're still drying out. But we've got this magnificent day.

(01:26):
There's got a peppinow step. But no, it's such a
good week and we've had good crowds and I think
the kind of a narrative around the Cup itself, Like
I think three four years ago they hired the charge,
been up to the Cup and horses were dying. The
Melbourne Cup wasn't a good look. But now the club
and Racing Victoria brought in these parameters where it's like
if your horse has got any hint of an issue,

(01:47):
it ain't running. Sorry, we can't deal with this. It's
not happening. So it's good that it's turbo charged. The
narrative around horse welfare and looking after horses and everything
like that. So hopefully that is part of the fabric
of pracing forever, because it hasn't always been. But now
they've done a great job. And the cup at one
hundred to one the other day, which my eight year

(02:07):
old daughter found the winner off somehow because she liked
the colors. There you go, that's racing the morning, you know,
the less you know, piney.

Speaker 2 (02:14):
Did you take the tip from her?

Speaker 3 (02:17):
Of course not. I did three days of I think
three days of form and looked at sexual times and
did that and the other. Of course not anyway. And yeah,
and my wife backed warp speed because as a as
a kid she was she was a good sprinter. So
that's out like there's no rhyme or reasons for this case. Anyway.

(02:38):
She said to me when I got home on Tuesday night,
she goes, Dad, I think I'm a bit magical because
she tipped one hundred and one winner one hundred to
one pop last year to finish third. So yeah, she
thinks she's pretty magical when it comes to the tips.
But I'll just restricted to one day, thank you very much.
That'll do no fair.

Speaker 2 (02:55):
Enough I was going to say to say, what I'll
do is I'll bypass you completely now for my tips.
What I'll do is I'll get you just to check
with your daughter what she thinks, and you passed that
information back to me. I don't need your expertise anymore.

Speaker 3 (03:07):
Yeah, exactly. Neither Peak Got's tipping Conservice free to all,
or you can subscribe as well. Anyway, we'll see how
we go with it.

Speaker 2 (03:16):
What are the crowds being, like, have been good crowds
turning out across the week?

Speaker 1 (03:20):
Yeah?

Speaker 3 (03:20):
Yeah, they've got nearly ninety I think on Cupday eighteen
last Saturday to Derby Day. I think I'm not what's
sure they had on Oach Day it looked pretty sparse,
but probably still has forty fifty thousand in here and
I think we're hoping about sixty today. So yeah, it's
huge and the city is buzzing as well. And this
part of it, well, I keep on saying it every

(03:41):
time I come back to Melbourne. This part of we
all just copped it in COVID and it was really
everyone's morale was just on the floor. So now that
everything's back to normal ish, Yeah, it's great to see
this city come alive because it is magnificent sporting city
with all the facilities that they've got, and everyone gets
into this time especially it's all about AFL the winter months,

(04:03):
but then it's kind of diversifies this time of the
year and we've got the tennis coming around the corner
as well. So no, it's a great time.

Speaker 2 (04:10):
Good Man, good Man. Just a couple of quick ones
before you go. Joseph is going to debut for the Wallabies.
The league convert much noise around about this.

Speaker 3 (04:19):
Yeah, huge, Like it's put the Wallabies on the back
page in the rugby league quarters. So yeah, it's a huge,
huge call. Though Joseph has come up with thirteen. Defensively,
se I mean, if he does anything that he did
in league, it's even it's even more strict as you
know piney in rugby union around the head, So defensively,

(04:40):
I'm just intrigue how he's going to handle it. But
throw him in. He's a really good kid, he's a
really impressive human being, so I don't think he'll be
overawed by it. It's just the little interest because he's
that he's going to have to learn on the run.
I mean, first up, in a game of Twickenham against England,
your first ever rugby match on the big stage, not
even like a club rugby game or for a state game.
It's it's a huge asp. So no, it's been the

(05:00):
big story over here, definitely, all right, even.

Speaker 2 (05:04):
Bigger than Reygun.

Speaker 3 (05:05):
Retire play good half mask in the dance community Bonnie
over here. Ah yeah, seriously, I'm a bit biased because
my daughters dance and I've seen the dance community and
what those people can do in their chosen craft. And
for that person to be able to get a start

(05:26):
an Olympics and do that too on the worst stage
just beggars belief. But anyway, hopefully she finds a successful
outcome for whatever she chooses in a chosen path in
life going on now, and I don't think she'll be
badly missed by the dance community in Australia.

Speaker 2 (05:43):
Put that way, I think you've got to You've got
a future in diplomacy. Absolutely magnificent from you. I know
you've got a busy afternoon here, So thanks for bobbing
and as always, maybe will chat again next Saturday.

Speaker 3 (05:56):
She's fine, every one mate.

Speaker 2 (05:58):
You too much. Cheers out and pick up from the
other side of the Testament as regular slot here on
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