The race that stops a Nation it was run today <br />And the Aussie horse racing fans are shouting hooray <br />For master trainer Bart Cummings a great twelfth Melbourne Cup win <br />And the greatest ever pay day for the Jockey Blake Shinn <br />Once more the big hero of the mighty race <br />The cool octogenarian Bart Cummings has a smile on his face <br />Twelve Melbourne Cups in his lengthy training span <br />The marvellous Bart is a legendary man <br />For the winning horse Viewed it was a job well done <br />The race that stops a Nation by a nose he won <br />The runner up Bauer was unlucky maybe <br />But to the owners and jockey and Bart go the spoils of victory <br />The winners can laugh and the winners can cheer <br />And the losing punters they can weep in their beer.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-race-that-stops-a-nation/
