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Donna Demaio: Australia Correspondent on rain forecast for the 165th Melbourne Cup · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: To Australia. We go, more specifically to Melbourne. We go
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  Speaker 1: done it tomorrow. Good morning to you. Good morning, It's
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  Speaker 1: Cup day and you're up early because you're going.
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  Speaker 2: I am going, and I will be getting ready very
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  Speaker 2: very shortly. But first I'm going to tell you that
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  Speaker 2: we are very very excited about the one hundred and
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  Speaker 2: sixty fifth running of the Melbourne Cup. The Cultural Institution,
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  Speaker 2: twenty four horses vying for victory. And again we know
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  Speaker 2: that I'm personally backing Jamie Melham, who is the female jockey,
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  Speaker 2: the jockey that won the core Field Cup last month,
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  Speaker 2: and she says that she did a little rain dance
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  Speaker 2: and it's kind of worked. So we're talking about the
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  Speaker 2: weather a lot in the lead up to the race
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  Speaker 2: because it does look like it's going to be raining
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  Speaker 2: all day and I might even still be raining during
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  Speaker 2: the race. There was a dumping, a drenching yesterday and yeah,
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  Speaker 2: the rain has not gone away. But to her horse
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  Speaker 2: loves the rain apparently, so it's all good but interesting
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  Speaker 2: on a New Zealand horse. I might add smoke in romans.
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  Speaker 2: Jamie Mellam's husband is also running the Melbourne Cup. Ben
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  Speaker 2: Melham is also a jockey, So they're up against each other,
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  Speaker 2: so they might be making history in another way as well.
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  Speaker 2: So let's see who wins out of those two. What
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  Speaker 2: else can I tell you? The national anthem will be
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  Speaker 2: sung by none other then Greta Bradman. Yes, the grandchild
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  Speaker 2: of Sir Donald Bradman. Isn't that lovely?
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  Speaker 1: Is? And I've met Greta. She had an album n Yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: she had an now them out about six or seven
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  Speaker 1: years ago. She came here and she's interviewed on my
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  Speaker 1: Sunday News Talks in b show. She's a great singer,
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  Speaker 1: she's a great great Person's fantastic. This rain, how wonderful?
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  Speaker 1: This rain is going to flatten all the fascinators.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, but pill boxes are in this year, so we're okay,
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  Speaker 2: We're okay this.
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  Speaker 1: Year okay, And what are you going to wear?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I'm actually really into vintage wear, so I've actually
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  Speaker 2: gone and bought myself a beautiful slick black suit and
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  Speaker 2: a love milliner, Melbourne milliner called Renee Anderson made me
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  Speaker 2: this gorgeous thing to put on my head with the
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  Speaker 2: handcut red leather flowers. So I'm very much looking forward
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  Speaker 2: to getting all dot up and heading to the track
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  Speaker 2: very very shortly.
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  Speaker 1: And don't forget to your umbrella and I Thank you
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  Speaker 1: Donna demo For more from Early Edition with Ryan Bridge.
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