24 Tasks of the Festive Season: Melbourne Cup Day RESULTS

The results are in! The winner of the Melbourne Cup for 2018 is:

Cross Counter

2nd place: Marmelo

3rd place: A Prince of Arran

Last over the line was Red Cardinal.

The following Festive Task participants picked one or more 'winning' horses. Their results, in order of when they commented:

Darth Pony:

Marmelo - 1 point

Portable Mistletoe:

A Prince of Arran - 1 point

Person of Interest:

Marmelo - 1 point

A Prince of Arran - 1 point

Sir Surly:

Cross Counter - 1 point

Marmelo - 1 point

leöni:

Marmelo - 1 point

Red Cardinal - 1 point

Themis-Athena's Garden of Books:

A Prince of Arran - 1 point

XOX:

Cross Counter - 1 point

Peregrinations:

Cross Counter - 1 point
(I'm guessing that's what you meant when you wrote "Cross Check?")

Kitty Horror:

Cross Counter - 1 point

Moonlight Snow:

The Prince of Arran - 1 point

Obsidian Blue:

Red Cardinal - 1 point

Total: 14 points

Congratulations to everyone who picked a winner (whether it was actually the winner or the loser in this case). I hope everyone had fun at the races!