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 …

A Melbourne Cup day win has clinched a Golden Slipper campaign for impressive filly Setsuna. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained two-year-old made it two wins from three starts, dominating …

Joseph O’Brien has beaten his famous father to Melbourne Cup glory, training Rekindling to win Australia’s greatest race. In a father-and-son finish the younger O’Brien’s Rekindling overhauled Johannes Vermeer, trained …

Champion Hong Kong jockey Joao Moreira has limped back to the jockeys’ room after a fall in a race at Flemington but has been ruled out of the ride on …

The biggest race day of the year is upon us with the running of Melbourne Cup day at Flemington. We take a look at each of the ten races on …

Victoria Racing Club chairman Amanda Elliott has put the issue of emergencies for the Melbourne Cup back on the agenda after the scratching of Who Shot Thebarman. The withdrawal of …

Irish trainer Joseph O’Brien has made a seamless transition from champion jockey to trainer and saddles his first Melbourne Cup runners at Flemington. The son of champion trainer Aidan O’Brien, …

Blake Shinn knows the thrill of winning a Melbourne Cup and believes he has a great chance to experience it again. Shinn rode Viewed to a nail-biting win in the …

The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Cismontane is aiming to become the first winner of the Lexus Stakes since Shocking in 2009 to claim the Melbourne Cup. Cismontane put up …

Sheila Laxon, the first female trainer to win the Melbourne Cup, has picked the Lloyd Williams-owned Johannes Vermeer to win this year. “He’ll be fit enough to win,” Laxon told …

Michael Dee’s spring carnival has already exceeded his expectations and he is preparing to experience another thrill when he rides in his first Melbourne Cup at Flemington. The young jockey …

A win in Europe’s richest handicap and the temptation to have a crack at the prize money on offer in Australia’s most famous race has led Scottish trainer Iain Jardine …