7 Nov 2023
The bizarre story behind the making of the Melbourne Cup
It's Melbourne Cup Day, and to finish the show we've got a special treat for you. Titus O'Reily is the co-host of Sports Bizzare podcast, who made a must listen episode about the outrageous history behind the man who started the Melbourne Cup. Titus was kind enough to share the short version of the story with Nathan Rarere. And it all begins with an Englishman - Fredrick Charles Standish - how did this Englishman come to find himself in Australia, pennyless, friendless in 1852.