Winners are grinners!

Julian, DL teacher
celebrating Melbourne Cup win

As is the tradition in Australia, last Tuesday we celebrated Melbourne Cup day in our DL office in Sydney.  They say it's the race that stops the nation.  Although we were not as lucky as people in Victoria who enjoyed the day off as a public holiday, we still managed during our work day to have an office sweep where staff were able to bet on one or two of the horses in the race.

We watched the race together in anticipation wondering which of us would win a prize. The very lucky winner was our DL teacher, Julian, who emerged after teaching his DL lessons just in time to be told he'd won not only one but two prizes: 1st and 2nd, for the two horses he placed a bet on.

When asked how he felt about the win Julian said, "I was thrilled because I'd never won anything in my life apart from a chocolate wheel raffle at Guildford Primary School fete when I was a young boy.  Since then I haven't been so lucky.  In the previous two years, the horses I selected for Melbourne Cup unfortunately died after the race, so this win is a highlight for me."

We asked Julian what would he do with the money and he said, "I could go on a trip to Majorca in Spain or buy a new Ford Mustang but given that it was only $30 I gave it to my wife instead to pay the bills."

• What is special about this year's Melbourne Cup results?
• Have you ever won anything?
• What would you do if you won a million dollars?
• They say "you've got to be in it to win it". What are your thoughts on gambling?

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