Impressive Randwick winner Tiger Of Malay has been scratched from the $1 million Golden Gift after pulling up sore following trackwork. Trainers Richard and Michael Freedman confirmed the colt would …

Goulburn trainer Danny Williams is taking two horses to Rosehill this weekend on a quick three-day back up, but he sees no reason why they both can’t acquit themselves well. …

Trainer Bjorn Baker has nine runners accepted for the Rosehill meeting but will wait to see what the weather does over the next 48 hours before deciding which of them …

The number one horse in Tony McEvoy’s stable, Hey Doc is ready for the challenge of the VRC Sprint Classic and the co-trainer knows he will give his all in …

Tom Dabernig doesn’t think there is a better way to attack the Mackinnon Stakes than with a pair of horses who are proven at the track, distance and class. Dabernig …

Becoming a Melbourne Cup-winning jockey at the age of 25 is still sinking in for Jye McNeil after a restrained night of celebrations. McNeil became the toast of Australian racing …

It was the wee hours of the morning in Ireland and after a fitful, anxious sleep, Joseph O’Brien rose in the dark to watch his two Melbourne Cup runners. Unable …

If finishing a narrow second in the Melbourne Cup wasn’t bad enough, Kerrin McEvoy’s afternoon got even worse in the stewards’ room. The jockey was fined $50,000 and suspended for …

The department of youth was to the fore in the Melbourne Cup with the youngest trainer and jockey combination in the race, Joseph O’Brien and Jye McNeil, scoring with Twilight …

Lindsay Park has continued its winning ways in the Group Three Maribyrnong Plate at Flemington, taking it out for the second year in a row, this time with Finance Tycoon. …

Some general facts and figures on 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 …

There will be none of the trackside flair and fanfare that has become synonymous with Australia’s most famous horse race but the Melbourne Cup still promises to be an incredible …

OVERSEAS-TRAINED HORSES TO HAVE WON THE MELBOURNE CUP (From 1993 – excludes New Zealand-trained horses) * 1993: Vintage Crop (55.5kg) – Ireland * 2002: Media Puzzle (52.5kg) – Ireland * …

Paul Preusker believes the lessons learned from last year’s Melbourne Cup will hold Surprise Baby in good stead for his second tilt at the race. He is also adamant Surprise …

Nature Strip will need a new jockey in the Group One VRC Sprint Classic after James McDonald was suspended for careless riding at Flemington. McDonald was outed for 12 meetings …

So relaxed was Koby Jennings when he took the call from Godolphin to ride Colette in the $7.5 million Golden Eagle, trainer James Cummings figured the jockey was out fishing. …

Premier trainer Chris Waller continued his good record in the Cantala Stakes when Yulong Prince gave him his fourth win in the Group One race. Only the legendary Bart Cummings …

The Adelaide-trained Gytrash has produced a withering finish to win the $1 million Yes Yes Yes Stakes at Rosehill. Starting a $3.60 favourite, the five-year-old gelding overcame fellow Everest runner …

Trainer David Payne has continued his wonderful vein of form this spring with Costello upsetting his more fancied rivals to win the $500,000 Rosehill Gold Cup. The $40,000 yearling purchase …

Arguably one of the most improved horse in Australia, September Run has continued her affinity with Flemington to upstage the colts and geldings in the Group One Coolmore Stud Stakes. …

Champion jockey Damien Oliver has credited the win of outsider Shout The Bar in the Empire Rose Stakes to co-trainer Adrian Bott’s initiative to add blinkers. Oliver rode Shout The …

In an amazing result, former AFL coach Denis Pagan has won the Victoria Derby with Johnny Get Angry just four months after saddling up his first runner as a trainer. …

Andreas Wohler has given himself a shot at a second Melbourne Cup triumph after Ashrun secured the final place in the field with a late-charging win in the Hotham Stakes. …

The opening race proved to be a triumph for Lindsay Park as they provided the first two across the line with Crosshaven fending off stablemate Aysar who looked certain to …

Enchanted Heart missed out on a berth in the Golden Eagle but she has provided connections with a consolation prize at Rosehill. The mare was second emergency and failed to …

The last horse to complete the Hotham Stakes-Melbourne Cup double was Shocking in 2009. Brew in 2000 is the only other Hotham winner to claim the Cup in the past …

Despite Victoria Quay winning the traditional lead-in race to the VRC Oaks, the Wakeful Stakes, she won’t be in action in the fillies classic at Flemington. Her trainers Tony and …

A week ago, Jordan Childs was starting to worry he’d be watching the Melbourne Cup 2020 from the grandstand but a few days later he received the news he had …

Joe Pride is still smarting from Eduardo’s Everest disaster but thankfully the horse appears to be recovering more quickly than his trainer. Pride was adamant Eduardo was a genuine chance …

The Melbourne Cup dream is still flickering for connections of Carif and they will roll the dice one final time in a last-ditch bid to get him into the race. …