who are believed to be unhappy that legally-binding contracts they signed in good faith are being renegotiated,

The Melbourne Cup is the race that stops a nation and for an event that has run for over 150 years there are plenty of statistics that you should know before we kick off 2016s Melbourne Cup Day.* First run in 1861 under the banner of the Victorian Turf Club and won by the Etienne de Mestre-trained Archer who beat the favourite Mormon by six lengths. The prize was 1420 pounds and the trophy a gold watch.* Archer came back the following year to beat Mormon, this time by eight lengths, a record margin that still stands (it was equalled in 1968 by Rain Lover).* De Mestre would go on to train three other winners of the Melbourne Cup - Tim Whiffler (1867), Chester (1877) and Calamia (1878).* Trainer Bart Cummings claimed the first of his 12 Melbourne Cups in 1965 with Light Fingers. The following year stablemate Galilee was the only horse to prevent Light Fingers making it back-to-back Cups and in 1967 Red Handed gave Cummings his third straight victory.* Cummings other winners were Think Big (1974, 1975), Gold And Black (1977), Hyperno (1979), Kingston Rule (1990), Lets Elope (1991), Saintly (1996), Rogan Josh (1999) and Viewed (2008).* Other trainers to have multiple Cup wins include: 5 - Lee Freedman: Tawrrific (1989), Subzero (1992), Doriemus (1995), Makybe Diva (2004, 2005); 4 - John Tait: The Barb (1866), Glencoe (1868), The Pearl (1871), The Quack (1872); Richard Bradfield: Patron (1894), The Victory (1902), Night Watch (1918), Backwood (1924); James Scobie: Clean Sweep (1900), King Ingoda (1922), Bitalli (1923), Trivalve (1927); W S Hinkenbothem: Mentor (1888), Carbine (1890), Newhaven (1896), Blue Spec (1905).* In 1972 the race was altered to the metric distance of 3200m, 18.7 metres or 61.5 feet short of two miles.* Kingston Rule holds the metric race record of 3:16.30.* 1985 marked the dawn of a new era for the Cup with prizemoney raised to $1 million. The owners of What A Nuisance received $650,000 and a $23,000 Cup.* This year the race is worth $3.6 million to the winning owners along with a trophy valued at $200,000.* Four-year-olds (43) and five-year-olds (44) have the best record of any age group. Other age groups are three-year-old (23), six-year-old (32), seven-year-old (10) and eight-year-old (2).* The oldest horses to win the race were the eight-year-olds Toryboy (1865) and Catalogue (1938).* The last three-year-old to win was Skipton (1941), who gave champion jockey Billy Cook his first Cup win.* There have been no dead-heats for first in the race but Topical and Gaine Carrington dead-heated for third in Hall Marks 1933 Cup and Lahar and Zazabelle also dead-heated for third in the 1999 Cup won by Rogan Josh.* Bobby Lewis and Harry White are the most successful jockeys. In 33 rides in the Cup Lewis saluted the judge four times with The Victory (1902), Patrobas (1915), Artilleryman (1919) and Trivalve in 1927. He was also runner-up four times and finished third on Phar Lap in 1929.* Harry White steered the Bart Cummings-trained Think Big to successive victories in 1974 and 1975. He was back in the winners circle again with Arwon in 1978 and another Cummings runner Hyperno in 1979.* Think Big failed to win a race between his two Melbourne Cup wins.* Makybe Diva is the only horse to win the Cup three times in 2003, 2004 and 2005.* Perhaps the unluckiest of all Melbourne Cup runners was Shadow King who ran in six Cups between 1929 and 1935 finishing third to Phar Lap in 1930, second to White Nose in 1931, third to Peter Pan in 1932 and second again behind Hall Mark in 1933.* The longest-priced horses to win: Four horses have win at 100-1: The Pearl (1871), Wotan (1936), Old Rowley (1940) and Prince Of Penzance (2015).* The shortest priced are Archer 2-1 (1862), Tim Whiffler 5-2 (1867), Revenue 7-4 (1901), Phar Lap 8-11 (1930), Even Stevens 3-1 (1962), Lets Elope 3-1 (1991) and Makybe Diva at 5-2 in 2004.* Melbourne Cup winners to produce other Melbourne Cup winners:- Grand Flaneur (1880) sired Bravo (1889) and Patron (1894); Malua (1884) sired Malvolio (1891); Comedy King (1910) sired Artilleryman (1919) and King Ingoda (1922); Spearfelt (1926) sired Dark Felt (1943); Marabou (1935) sired Skipton (1941); Silver Knight (1971) sired Black Knight (1984).* Heaviest weights carried in the Cup:- Winners - Carbine 10.5 (65.5kg), Archer 10.2 (64.5kg), Poitrel 10.0 (63.5kg), Redcraze 10.3 (65kg). Others: Rising Fast 10.0 (65.5kg) 2nd, Eurythmic 10.5 (65.5kg) broke down, Phar Lap 10.10 (68kg) in 1931 8th, Peter Pan 10.6 (66kg) in 1935 15th.* Damien Oliver can join Harry White and Bobby Lewis as a four-time winner on Exospheric. Olivers winners so far are Fiorente (2013) Media Puzzle (2002) and Doriemus (1995).* In 2015, Michelle Payne became the first woman to ride the winner of the Melbourne Cup when she steered the Darren Weir-trained Prince Of Penzance to a famous victory. Cheap Jordan 12 From China . A statement from the worlds top-ranked player says all checks "were satisfactory and showed positive evolution" regarding the injury, which contributed to his loss to Stanislas Wawrinka in the final in Melbourne. Cheap Jordan Shoes China . -- Arizona raced out to a big lead and did not back off, hitting the accelerator instead. http://www.wholesalejordan12.com/discount-jordan-4-wholesale/cheap-jordan-4-bred-china.html . 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Brisbane Roar insists their W-League team will be financially better off this season than last despite asking 14 players to take pay cuts and showing one the door.Professional Footballers Australia is again at loggerheads with the Roar, whose latest off-field controversy surrounds attempts to reverse decisions taken by former managing director Daniel Cobb.Cobb served in the job for two months before he was sacked by owners the Bakrie Group in August - but seven days before he was dismissed, he presented increased contract offers to W-League players, among them Matildas co-captain Clare Polkinghorne, Katrina Gorry and Tameka Butt.The offers were accepted and signed, but a month later, Cobbs replacement as managing director Mark Kingsman told the players their new contracts were excessive and wouldnt be honoured, with one import told she was no longer required.Last Monday, the players were issued revised contacts on terms that would see their salaries drop by 40 per cent compared with what they were offered by Cobb, amounting to total savings of $45,000 for the Roar.But Kingsman claims the Roar will go very, very close to spending the full W-League salary cap of $150,000 this season and says it is unfair to suggest anyone is being ripped off.Were paying almost three times as much to the same number of girls as we paid last year, hhe told ABC Radio.ddddddddddddThats a tremendous step forward and in line with that weve created a far better coaching practice, medical practice, player welfare... I would refute that we are in any way disadvantaging our girls.PFA is concerned why no male players were asked to take pay cuts or why the club couldnt have found savings of $45,000 elsewhere in their budget.A club statement said the Roar were engaged in positive dialogue with the players, who are believed to be unhappy that legally-binding contracts they signed in good faith are being renegotiated, but are somewhat understanding of the circumstances.It is an awkward situation for the Roar when other womens sports like netball have taken huge strides forward with pay and conditions, with the decision by the Bakries to appoint Cobb in June coming back to haunt them.Little due diligence was done on Cobb, a Melbourne-based businessman who claimed he was the leader of a consortium that had agreed to buy the club.The sale never happened, and Cobb is understood to have left behind a complicated financial mess.PFA chief executive John Didiluca said they were working closely with Roar players and W-League chief Greg ORourke to resolve the impasse. 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