Montefilia will not be the only recent addition to the Yulong team racing in green and white colours in Saturday’s Champions Stakes with Duais to have her first start since joining …

Gai Waterhouse has achieved more than most in racing, but it will be some training performance if she can produce Hoo Ya Mal to win the $2 million Five Diamonds at Rosehill. …

New Mandate has overcome the deteriorating track conditions at Hawkesbury to give the trainer-jockey combination of Chris Waller and Josh Parr their third win in the Listed Ladies Day Cup. The race changed …

Champion jockey James Mcdonald has taken out a Classic double during Melbourne Cup week guiding Godolphin filly Zardozi to an easy win at Flemington. McDonald won the Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) …

Richard and Chantelle Jolly reiterated their ability to identify the right horses to bring to the Melbourne Cup Carnival when Karavas scored a valuable win in Thursday’s $200,000 Ottawa Stakes. The daughter …

With their long-term sights on the Golden Slipper, connections of promising youngster Shangri La Express are hoping he can take home first prize in the $1 million Golden Gift to secure …

While good fortune has largely been evading Antino in Melbourne this spring, new jockey Sam Clipperton has been busy making his own luck in Sydney and he hopes it might rub off. …

Melbourne Cup week revives fond memories for Lee and Cherie Curtis and they hope to make new ones this year when Dalchini contests the Hot Danish Stakes at Rosehill. Seven years ago, …

Grant Williams will let the dust settle on Keshi Boom’s stunning Burgess Queen Stakes (1400m) victory before mapping out a path for the outstanding filly. Keshi Boom became the latest stakes …

Flemington trainer Simon Zahra had aspirations of tackling the main Group 1 sprint for three-year-olds during Melbourne Cup week, but instead has decided on a lesser Stakes race option. The …

Five Diamonds contender Palmetto is yet to win beyond 1600 metres, but trainer John Sargent has no qualms about him extending to 1800 metres in the $2 million showpiece. The tough gelding …

In the sixteen hours since Without A Fight saluted in the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m), co-trainer Sam Freedman was yet to have a moment to himself to reflect fully on the …

Matt Dunn is the first to admit that throwing an unraced country-trained youngster into a $1 million race at its first start is a little audacious. But based on what he …

Ethel Maude may not have the sexy form lines of some of the other fillies engaged in the Group 1 VRC Oaks at Flemington, but her trainers are confident of one thing, she will …

John Thompson is looking for sharp improvement from Jojo Was A Man in the Listed Ladies Day Cup at Hawkesbury as the tough gelding takes the next step towards his major campaign …

The Freedman family’s connection with the Melbourne Cup stretches back beyond when Sam Freedman was born in February 1996. The son of Anthony, who was part of the FBI – Freedman …

Irish trainer Willie Mullins vows he will be back for another shot at the Melbourne Cup despite his two runners finishing out of the placings at Flemington on Tuesday. Absurde ($9) …

Bad barriers have thwarted I’ve Bean Tryin’ this preparation and while his run of outside alleys continued at Randwick, he was finally able to overcome it. The gelding jumped from …

Twelve months after winning the inaugural Big Dance with Rustic Steel, Kris Lees has returned to add the Little Dance to his CV with smart gelding Spangler. While considered a consolation …

Katherine Coleman has always known Roll On High was a filly with above-average ability and now the rest of the world does too after she charged into Thousand Guineas contention at Flemington …

When owners Domeland first asked Sara Ryan if she would be their private trainer just over a year ago, she questioned their sanity. But the 29-year-old, who prepares a boutique team …

Imported galloper Without A Fight has etched his name into the history books by taking out the 163rd running of the Melbourne Cup at Flemington. Brought out to Australia for last year’s Melbourne Cup …

Race experience was to the fore in Tuesday’s Maribyrnong Plate, when Dublin Down edged out his stablemate Blue Stratum, and trainer Calvin McEvoy is now even more excited about what the …

Since arriving in Melbourne in September, Melbourne Cup favourite Vauban’s stablemate, Absurde, was generally out of the conversation in local racing circles as a genuine winning chance for Tuesday’s 163rd edition …

Shooting for a fourth win in the Melbourne Cup, jockey Kerrin Mcevoy admits the nerves are still there, years after a first success. Victory aboard Ashrun in Tuesday’s Cup over 3200m at Flemington will …

In years past, Caulfield Cup winner Without A Fight would be one of the most talked about runners in the Melbourne Cup. But with Irish raider Vauban in town grabbing all the headlines …

Having been aboard Vow And Declare for all three runs this preparation, Billy Egan is looking forward to riding in just his second ever Melbourne Cup on Tuesday at Flemington having partnered …

Jockey Daniel Stackhouse is hoping for third time lucky when he partners Daqiansweet Junior in the Melbourne Cup. Daqiansweet Junior will be Stackhouse’s third ride in the 3200m Cup which is run at Flemington …

The trainer of Japanese galloper Breakup in the Melbourne Cup is expecting the roomier Flemington circuit and a slower tempo to suit his galloper. Tatsuya Yoshioka is upbeat about the chances of …

Blue Stratum missed his shot at a big payday on Cox Plate Day, but co-trainer Tony Mcevoy is hopeful a Group 3 consolation prize awaits at Flemington on Tuesday. The Blue …