Racegoers brave the rain for wet and wild Cup

Manchester United fable Sir Alex Ferguson is simply a immense equine racing fan.

He flew to Australia past week particularly for the outpouring carnival, attending the Golden Eagle successful Sydney connected Saturday earlier flying down to Melbourne, wherever helium posed for a photograph astatine Flemington.

Ferguson has owned galore horses implicit the years, of which the champion known was Rock Of Gibraltar.

It won much than £1 cardinal pounds crossed the years, and won races successful the UK and USA successful the aboriginal 2000s.

Rock Of Gibraltar died connected October 23 having enjoyed status arsenic a stud.