Takedown’s defence of the Group One Winterbottom Stakes in Perth has been thwarted by a foot laceration. The five-year-old gelding’s preparation ended at Randwick on October 28 when he suffered …

Young Irish trainer Joseph O’Brien is in no rush to make any plans with Melbourne Cup winner Rekindling. The son of champion Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien, Joseph upstaged his father …

After a week of wasting you might imagine a Melbourne Cup- winning jockey would enjoy a nice post-race meal. But a shrunken stomach didn’t allow Corey Brown such extravagance after …

David Payne will make his first assessment of Regal Rage as he strives to develop another stayer in the mould of dual Group One-winner Ace High. A week after Ace …

Leading Emirates Stakes contender Gingernuts will be ridden by Michael Dee in the Group One race at Flemington with Hugh Bowman losing an appeal against a careless riding suspension. Te …

The horse Aaron Purcell was most looking forward to training when he took over Ciaron Maher’s stable has lived up to all his expectations and is primed for her main …

Six-time Melbourne Cup-winning owner Lloyd Williams has thrown his support behind declaring emergency acceptors for the Melbourne Cup. The call for emergencies came up again after Who Shot Thebarman was …

After winning a sixth Melbourne Cup, owner Lloyd Williams says planning for a seventh has already began. Rekindling gave Williams his sixth win in Australia’s most famous race when he …

Pinot will be striving to deliver champion trainer Gai Waterhouse a sought-after VRC Oaks at Flemington. The blue blood filly by the Waterhouse-trained former champion juvenile Pierro out of an …

A woman has been charged with conduct endangering serious injury after a car was driven onto train tracks and had its tyres deflated at the Melbourne Cup. The Ford Laser …

The world’s richest race on turf will be even richer with $3 million to be added to the prize pool for the second edition. Prize money for the 1200m-sprint at …

The first Scottish trainer to have a runner in the Melbourne Cup says a bad barrier draw has cost Nakeeta from a better finishing position. Iain Jardine saddled up Nakeeta …

Ben Melham admits he thought he was going to win the Melbourne Cup when he dashed clear on Johannes Vermeer only to be left heartbroken by a narrow second placing. …

Where the international contingent finished in the Melbourne Cup. 1st: Rekindling (Ireland), trainer Joseph O’Brien, jockey Corey Brown. 2nd: Johannes Vermeer (Ireland), Aidan O’Brien, Ben Melham. 3rd: Max Dynamite (Ireland), …

Amid a surge of internationals, Big Duke was the first Australian-trained horse home in the Melbourne Cup. The Irish-bred galloper finished fourth to be only one of two Australian-trained gallopers …

The victory of Prezado has given training partners Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra a long overdue Melbourne Cup week win. Zahra said it had been 10 years since the pair …

Trainer Darren Weir will consider returning Tahanee to Flemington for a stakes race after her success on Melbourne Cup day. Nominated for the Group Two Matriarch Stakes (2000m) on Saturday, …

Jamie Kah’s new association with trainer Tony McEvoy has given Adelaide’s premier jockey one of her biggest thrills with Dollar for Dollar winning at Flemington. Although she remains a freelance …