Melbourne Cup Carnival — Local services in Melbourne

VRC carnival, 'OVERRATED' Melb Cup, a great race but Flemington has issues: Some buildings not suited for mobility impaired persons. No free general admission seating. Public car parking centre of racecourse. Public transport(trains),very overcrowded. Large crowds,line up for everything on course not comfortable. Dress regulations(members)not strictly adhered too. Use to be sophistication,style,decorum and class,now just filled with drunks. RSA compliance? Not a safe venue,practice emergency evacuations not conducted. Customers deserve better ! VRC dont care about staff ! Cant go wrong with the country races or any day at Caulfield, far more relaxing, safer comfortable and enjoyable with your...

The traditional pilgrimage to Flemington for the Melbourne Cup Carnival is now more about the "in crowd" and "being seen" than actually watching the races. The cost of attendance to members enclosures has steadily risen over the years and isn't really in reach of the average punter. You could hire a catering firm and decorate your back yard and watch the same races on your TV for what it costs in entry and catering costs.

The corporate events and the tent access costs are insane. Close to $1000 per seat on the main days for so so food is really only for the larger...

We pretend that these horses are our heros by calling them 'Legends' and 'One of the Greats'.

We pretend to care about their welfare by putting them in million dollar stables.

But at the end of the day they're nothing more than a business investment.

Sometimes it goes well and we make lots of money.

Sometimes it doesn't go well, a horse breaks a leg and gets euthanized.

That's ok... We have plenty of money to buy another investment and see how it goes.

And the...