Dual Melbourne Cup winning trainer Sheila Laxon believes Knight’s Choice is capable of being a performer on the world stage. Knight’s Choice won the Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on …

A rousing trackwork gallop has Gerald Ryan optimistic Franz Josef can improve on his first-up effort and play a role in the Listed Ladies Day Cup at Hawkesbury. The son of Snitzel …

Those looking for reasons to doubt Treasurethe Moment in Thursday’s Group 1 VRC Crown Oaks might point to her sire as a factor behind their reasoning that she will struggle …

A chance meeting on a Melbourne Cup cruise has afforded Sheila Laxon and Robbie Dolan victory in Australia’s greatest race. A former contestant on The Voice, Dolan was aboard a P …

A spring campaign based out of Mount Macedon has provided Sheila Laxon a second victory in the Melbourne Cup with Knight’s Choice winning Australia’s great race at Flemington. Now training on …

A once part-time jockey who flirted with a career as a musician added his name to the Melbourne Cup honour roll when he engineered one of the great upsets in …

A confident ride by Tommy Berry has helped pull off a long-range plan with promising miler Gringotts, who has overcome an outside draw to post a resounding win in the $3 …

Young Ballarat-based trainer Dominic Sutton showed his prowess with stayers when Garachico took out the ‘second’ staying race on Melbourne Cup Day. The Australian Heritage Cup (2800m) at Flemington on Tuesday was …

Storm Boy appears to have run his last race in Australia with owners Coolmore announcing he will continue his career overseas. The high-class colt, who finished third as favourite in the …

Ben, Will and JD Hayes started Melbourne Cup Day with a career first when Tycoon Star lead home a stable trifecta in the $200,000 Maribyrnong Plate. The Lindsay Park trainers produced …

Athabascan has been ruled out by RV vets from the Melbourne Cup. The Melbourne Cup field is down to 23 starters following the scratching of Athabascan following a Racing Victoria veterinary …

A call an hour before Sea King won the Bendigo Cup landed UK rider Hollie Doyle her second ride in the Melbourne Cup. Doyle jetted into Melbourne on Monday morning to partner …

Jet-setting jockey William Buick has ridden two winners of the Melbourne Cup, but not on the day they were successful. Buick is about to embark on his sixth ride in the …

Ciaron Maher scored one of the most emotional wins of his career on Derby Day, but it would be taken to a new level if he can win Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup …

Jockey Winona Costin has a long family association with the Melbourne Cup. One of four female jockeys riding in Australia’s greatest race at Flemington on Tuesday, Costin is hoping to break …

Chris Waller has watched with envy the adulation success in the Melbourne Cup provides the winning trainer. A winner of Australia’s most famous race, Waller had to remain in Sydney due …

A lesson learned 12 months earlier could reap rewards for trainer Joe Pride on Melbourne Cup Day at Randwick when Estadio Mestalla lines up in the Little Dance. The mile race …

The Ciaron Maher stable has a strong hand in the $3 million Big Dance at Randwick, even if the barrier draw has thrown up some potential challenges for a couple of …