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 …
Five years after missing the winning ride on Dunaden, jockey Craig Williams gets another chance to add his name to the Melbourne Cup honour roll when he rides international visitor …
For as long as she can remember, Katelyn Mallyon has wanted to be a jockey. She has the pedigree: her grandfather Mick is a three-time Caulfield Cup winner, her father …
Yankee Rose has opened at $1.65 to win the 2016 VRC Oaks on the back of her third in the Cox Plate. A field of 15 was declared on Monday …
From the time Michael Walker won the Sandown Cup he knew Almoonqith was his 2016 Melbourne Cup ride. Walker guided Almoonqith to victory in last year’s 3200m Sandown Cup, less …
Blake Spriggs’ first Melbourne Cup parade has whetted the jockey’s appetite for the big day when he will realise his dream to ride in Australia’s most famous race. He will …
John Ferguson doesn’t mind which of Godolphin’s five horses finally delivers an elusive Melbourne Cup for Sheikh Mohammed. The Godolphin chief executive wants this to be the year the Dubai …
Ben Thompson’s father has three Melbourne Cup wins to his name. On Tuesday, the apprentice jockey gets his first taste of a Melbourne Cup of a different kind when he …
Trainer Ciaron Maher has been given a heroes’ welcome at the 2016 Melbourne Cup parade thanks to his mare Jameka. The VRC Oaks and the Caulfield Cup winner is Maher’s …
