His great-grandfather Jim trained a Melbourne Cup winner. His grandfather Bart won a record 12 Cups to become known as ‘the Cups King’. On Tuesday, James Cummings will saddle up …
James Cummings is focused on becoming the first trainer to win an elusive Melbourne Cup for Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed, not on what it would mean for the grandson of …
Patrick Moloney was born into a racing family and grew up watching the Melbourne Cup. His grandfather Jim Moloney is a Hall Of Fame inductee while father Gerard and uncle …
UK trainer John Gosden has enjoyed a cracker of a season which can be enhanced if Muntahaa wins the Melbourne Cup. Big race wins have been recorded by Stradivarius, Cracksman …
Flamboyant British billionaire racehorse owner Dr Marwan Koukash has an extra incentive to win this year’s Melbourne Cup: he desperately wants to accept the trophy in his G-string. The self-proclaimed …
A field of 15 has accepted for the Group One $1 million VRC Oaks at Flemington. The feature race on the third day of the Victoria Racing Club’s four-day carnival …
New Zealand coach Steve Hansen will set aside his friendship with his England counterpart when their teams meet at Twickenham on Saturday, expecting Eddie Jones to have done his homework …
For a young English trainer with an ambition to have his horses compete on the world stage, A Prince Of Arran has been a godsend. Charlie Fellowes will saddle up …
The Melbourne Cup may be held at Flemington but the $7.3 million horse race is celebrated across Australia. THE RACE THAT STOPS A NATION * Melbourne Cup day has been …
Just getting their horse Zacada into the Melbourne Cup has been cause for New Zealand dairy farmers Andrew Bryant and David Armstrong to celebrate. The two own Zacada in partnership …
It’s the race that stops a nation with the fashion to match, but you won’t be race-day ready on Tuesday without an umbrella and poncho. Melbourne Cup day is shaping …
As momentum builds to Australia’s most famous race, the country’s most famous horse has slipped quietly out of town headed for a rural holiday. Winx left Melbourne on Monday bound …
Overnight showers have saved Flemington racecourse manager Liam O’Keeffe from watering ahead of the Melbourne Cup 2018. Flemington received 3.2mm of rain on Sunday night, putting the track in the …
The flamboyant British billionaire who has promised to strip to his g-string if his horse wins the Melbourne Cup has enjoyed the annual parade, with his clothes on. Dr Marwan …
Wales’ British and Irish Lions hooker Ken Owens and flanker Ellis Jenkins have been declared fit for Wales’ clash against the Wallabies in Cardiff on Sunday (0430 AEDT). Owens suffered …
Rafael Nadal has pulled out of next week’s ATP Tour Finals in London due to injury, meaning Novak Djokovic will end the year as world No.1 having returned to the …
England are “cautiously optimistic” that Manu Tuilagi will recover from his groin strain in time to face New Zealand at Twickenham on Saturday. Tuilagi was withdrawn from the bench on …
Australia are “running scared” by avoiding a Test showdown next year and should no longer be considered the world’s top rugby league nation, according to Great Britain great Garry Schofield. …
