Google Doodle for Melbourne Cup 2009

Google Australia displayed Beautiful logo for Melbourne cup in whic the letters are wearing colourful hats.

The Melbourne Cup is Australia’s major Thoroughbred horse race. Billed as The race that stops a nation, it is a race for three-year-olds and over, over a distance of 3,200 metres. It is the richest and most prestigious “two-mile” handicap in the world, and one of the richest turf races in the world. [wiki]