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Irish trainer Tony Martin has praised the brave performance of Heartbreak City who went agonisingly close to winning the Melbourne Cup at his first start in Australia. Ridden by Hong …

Sheikh Mohammed’s quest to win the Melbourne Cup will have to wait another year but Godolphin’s chief executive insists they will keep trying to win Australia’s greatest race. The global …

Lloyd Williams has become the most successful owner of Melbourne Cup winners with Almandin claiming Australia’s greatest horse race. Almandin overcame a potent international challenge to beat the Irish stayer …

Lloyd Williams has become the most successful owner of Melbourne Cup winners with Almandin claiming Australia’s greatest horse race. Almandin overcame a potent international challenge to beat the Irish stayer …

Jennifer Hawkins has turned raceday fashion on its head by wearing a bright red pantsuit for the Melbourne Cup, stunning fans and turning heads. The Australian model is the first …

This year’s Melbourne Cup has come a little too soon for Kinema, but his trainer Chris Waller believes the former English stayer can be a force in another 12 months. …

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has turned heads at the 2016 Melbourne Cup, sporting a classy black look. Ms Bishop arrived with her partner David Panton outside the Emirates Marquee on …

Kerrin McEvoy is savouring winning his second Melbourne Cup and says it is better this time around. McEvoy won his first Cup on Brew 16 years ago as a 20-year-old …

Sheikh Mohammed’s quest to win the Melbourne Cup will have to wait another year but Godolphin’s chief executive insists they will keep trying to win Australia’s greatest race. The global …

Lloyd Williams has become the most successful owner of Melbourne Cup winners with Almandin claiming Australia’s greatest horse race. Almandin overcame a potent international challenge to beat the Irish stayer …

HOW THE JOCKEYS RATED THEIR MELBOURNE CUP RIDES Kerrin McEvoy (Almandin) 1st : “Gee, he travelled well. How lucky am I?, the elation’s unreal. He’s been well prepared by (owner) …

The likes of three-time Melbourne Cup winning jockeys Damien Oliver and Glenn Boss will join some of the Cup’s favourites at the annual Melbourne Cup parade. Thousands are set to …

Preferment has been ruled out of the Emirates Stakes with the Chris Waller-trained horse struggling with an eye injury. The four-time Group One winner was treated with antibiotics with his …

Parents are being urged to use the Melbourne Cup as an opportunity to talk with their kids about the risks of gambling. Melbourne researchers have found children as young as …

His father played a starring role in the main event on Victoria Derby day and Chad Schofield is out to do likewise in the 2016 Melbourne Cup. A few days …

New Zealand trainer John Wheeler would love to cap off his career with a Melbourne Cup. “I’d love to win it because it would be my 25th Group One winner …

SOME STATISTICS ABOUT THE MELBOURNE CUP: * First run in 1861 under the banner of the Victorian Turf Club and won by the Etienne de Mestre-trained Archer who beat the …

You couldn’t wipe the smile off the face of Godolphin’s chief executive as he walked the Melbourne Cup parade route in the city centre – and it’s easy to see …