Another race, another dead horse, but that didn’t stop the punters from tuning in en masse.
The race that sort of stopped a nation — it did well for Ten with 1.86 million viewers for the Melbourne Cup race, up on Seven’s last effort of 1.76 million a year ago. More viewers in metro markets (1.41 million against 1.32 million) the regions (452,000 v 438,000) and Melbourne (700,000 v 662,000).
Pity about the dead horse, but that’s been a constant now since 2013 — run a cup, kill a horse without any compassion. Ten’s commentary was like Seven’s in the past:…
