Emirates Melbourne Cup will be at Cloncurry Stockman's Challenge!

The Emirates Melbourne Cup will be at the Stockman’s Challenge on Saturday 11 July 2015 from 9:30 – 11:30am.

You can take a photo with the Cup, as well as talk to a Melbourne Cup winning jockey, training or owner to speak about their experiences.

As part of the Cup’s tour, community members have a chance to win a trip for two to Flemington to witness the excitement and thrill of the Emirates Melbourne Cup. For the chance to win, simply upload your photo with the Cup to the PeoplesCup section of the Flemington Facebook page (facebook.com/flemingtonracecourse) making sure you include the #PeoplesCup and #EmiratesMelbourneCup hashtags.

Each town will have a local winner judged by the EMCT delegation with that winner eligible for the Grand Prize of a trip for two to Flemington for the 2015 Emirates Melbourne Cup.

Remember, use the #PeoplesCup and #EmiratesMelbourneCup hashtags when uploading your photos, so EMCT can find the images.

Good luck!

Cristy Houghton

Cristy's unique career has taken her from country NSW to the city lights of Clarendon Street South Melbourne and back again. With an early career in radio as a copywriter and creative strategist, she is now a Jill of all trades as a graphic designer, website builder, blog writer, video editor, social media manager, marketing strategist and more. 

In fact, give her any task and this chick will figure out how to do it! Go on, we dare you!

No, really, we DARE you!!

Cristy has won two Australian Commercial Radio Awards (ACRAs) for Best Ad and Best Sales Promotion, and even has an 'Employee of the Year' certificate with her name on it.

Cristy and her husband James have traveled extensively through Russia, China and South East Asia, and have two fur-babies, Sooty (cat) and Panda (puppy). Cristy loves drinking coffee, meeting people to drink coffee, coffee tasting and coffee flavoured cocktails. She also enjoys road trips, TED Talks and watching cat videos on youtube.