THE MALE BAG FOUNDATION
The penultimate day, the premiership quarter or the second best day. Waking in Beechworth to find yet more rain and the Today show and that little bloke Stevie Jacobs, talking about how much more rain we would see was not particularly welcome. What was welcome was knowing that breakfast was to be had at Tom O’Toole’s
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Soaks Day After a busy night at the Border Inn, it is pretty safe to say that if you want to get very, very fresh meat in Moama, go to the butchers next to the Border Inn. Their delivery was made at 3.40 am. Thanks to the driver for using his pneumatic brakes with the
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Bendigo, early morning with the steeds ready to be ridden, but first things first, the daily service checks. Mark ‘Dirty’ Harris is a genius when it comes to these fine stallions and is able to carry out running repairs on the fly in record time. Any Baggers looking for an excuse to sit in a
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Cup Day 2015 will be one to remember for many people. As the race that stops the Nation, the Melbourne Cup, is run over 3,200 metres, by no more than 24 horses and take about 3 minutes. Run at 3.05 for the last 15 years or so, it is very much a ritual. The similarities
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After such a promising start to the ride with weather on Day 1, the wary Baggers were wondering what weather god they had run over on the way to Warrnambool. We awoke to the sound of rain drumming on the Roof of the Mid City Motor Inn which had hosted us last night to raise more
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Day 1, done and dusted. 5 pm and the Baggers have finally arrived in Warrnambool for a night at the Mid City Motor Inn where about 180 people will hear from David Parkin and Sue Miller on the two sides of Prostate Cancer. We also have Sam Mitchell, 4 time premiership player and premiership captain
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