Storm Boy appears to have run his last race in Australia with owners Coolmore announcing he will continue his career overseas. The high-class colt, who finished third as favourite in the …
Ben, Will and JD Hayes started Melbourne Cup Day with a career first when Tycoon Star lead home a stable trifecta in the $200,000 Maribyrnong Plate. The Lindsay Park trainers produced …
Athabascan has been ruled out by RV vets from the Melbourne Cup. The Melbourne Cup field is down to 23 starters following the scratching of Athabascan following a Racing Victoria veterinary …
A call an hour before Sea King won the Bendigo Cup landed UK rider Hollie Doyle her second ride in the Melbourne Cup. Doyle jetted into Melbourne on Monday morning to partner …
Jet-setting jockey William Buick has ridden two winners of the Melbourne Cup, but not on the day they were successful. Buick is about to embark on his sixth ride in the …
Ciaron Maher scored one of the most emotional wins of his career on Derby Day, but it would be taken to a new level if he can win Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup …
Jockey Winona Costin has a long family association with the Melbourne Cup. One of four female jockeys riding in Australia’s greatest race at Flemington on Tuesday, Costin is hoping to break …
Chris Waller has watched with envy the adulation success in the Melbourne Cup provides the winning trainer. A winner of Australia’s most famous race, Waller had to remain in Sydney due …
A lesson learned 12 months earlier could reap rewards for trainer Joe Pride on Melbourne Cup Day at Randwick when Estadio Mestalla lines up in the Little Dance. The mile race …
The Ciaron Maher stable has a strong hand in the $3 million Big Dance at Randwick, even if the barrier draw has thrown up some potential challenges for a couple of …
Successful in the day’s feature for South Australian trainer Andrew Gluyas aboard Goldrush Guru, Kah was brought to tears when she combined with Ciaron Maher to win aboard Another Wil in the …
Australian Racing Legend and 12-time Melbourne Cup winning trainer Bart Cummings had a theory a horse’s Cup preparation required 10,000m in the legs and to run on the Saturday prior to …
The forecast of a cooler Melbourne Cup Day than 12 months ago is expected to help the Willie Mullins-trained pair of Vauban and Absurde. While Mullins altered the preparations of both …
Harry Eustace is hoping to ride his luck with Sea King for just a couple more days in Australia. The Englishman headed Down Under to tackle the Cox Plate with Docklands, who …
UK trainer Brian Ellison thought luck had again deserted him when Onesmoothoperator was under an injury cloud for a start in the Melbourne Cup. Ellison has been coming out for the Melbourne …
Despite the 3200-metre journey of the Melbourne Cup, when it comes to barrier draws the gap in starting from pole position compared to gate 21 still seems, on face value, …
William Haggas has continued his incredible strikerate in Sydney, producing Lake Forest for an upset win in The Golden Eagle and in doing so becoming the first European trainer to …
Fawkner Park has gone some way towards offsetting the disappointment of an abandoned Caulfield Cup campaign with a consolation victory in the $750,000 Rosehill Gold Cup. A dominant winner of the …
