Craig Williams’ brother Jason and his father Allan say the jockey has worked extremely hard to achieve his Melbourne Cup dream.

The Melbourne Cup favourite has failed to live up to the billing for a sixth straight year, with Finche running seventh.

Connections of beaten favourite Finche are already planning a return to Flemington for another Melbourne Cup bid.

Michael Walker is a family orientated man and feels like he has let his daughter down by finishing second in the Melbourne Cup.

The number of people attending the Melbourne Cup has fallen again, albeit by a small number.

Frankie Dettori has been suspended for nine meetings for careless riding after being relegated to fourth place by a stewards’ protest in the Melbourne Cup.

Vow And Declare, a horse bred in Australia, trained in Australia, owned in Australia and ridden by an Australian, has won the Melbourne Cup.

The Melbourne Cup will be the main aim again for English stayer Prince Of Arran in 2020 after placing in the race for the second straight year at Flemington.

Had Danny O’Brien not fought a long legal battle to clear his name, he would not have won his first Melbourne Cup with Vow And Declare.

Rostropovich has been taken to a veterinary clinic after finishing last of the 24 runners in the Melbourne Cup.

Champion jockey Craig Williams’ 2019 Melbourne Cup win aboard Australian-trained Vow And Declare has been more than 25 years in the making.

Melbourne Cup winner Vow And Declare, trained by Danny O’Brien and ridden by Craig Williams, has won the Melbourne Cup at his 13th start.

Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Melbourne Cup in a peaceful event that was part demonstration, part celebration.

Damian Lane believes a Melbourne Cup chance might have gone begging after Mer De Glace finished sixth after over-racing in the 3200m race.

What the jockeys said after the Melbourne Cup at Flemington.

Where your horse finished in the 2019 Melbourne Cup.

Vow And Declare has won the 2019 Melbourne Cup at Flemington, beating Master Of Reality and Prince Of Arran.

Vow And Declare is first past the post in the 2019 Melbourne Cup at Flemington.

Teleplay has returned to winning form on Melbourne Cup day, landing a second stakes race success in the Group Three Jim Beam Stakes.

The Gordon Richards-trained three-year-old Garner has made it three wins from six starts in his first campaign, sprinting to victory over 1000m at Flemington.

Stewards have adjourned an inquiry into an alleged race day treatment of Jamaican Rain who was a late scratching from a race at Flemington because of lameness.

Chris Waller may have found his Melbourne Cup horse for next year after Shared Ambition maintained his unbeaten record in Australia.

Carrying the all-cerise colours of the Ingham family, Sure Knee has taken out the TAB Trophy at Flemington on Cup day.

Mitch Freedman admits Bravo Tango has been a frustrating horse but the gelding has delivered the trainer a satisfying win on Melbourne Cup day at Flemington.

People concerned about the treatment of racehorses are protesting outside the ‘race that stops the nation’ in Melbourne.

Racing Victoria stewards have ordered the withdrawal of the Richard Laming-trained Jamaican Rain from a Group Three race on Melbourne Cup day at Flemington.

Debutant Aryaaf has given trainers David and Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig a winning start to Melbourne Cup day at Flemington.

Tony McEvoy is pressing on to the VRC Oaks with Silent Sovereign after her sixth in the Wakeful Stakes and he is hopeful the filly can figure over 2500m.

There are no Melbourne Cup scratchings with a full field of 24 to go to the gates for the 3200m-race at Flemington on a soft track.

Jockey Damian Lane has the chance to become the first jockey in history to claim Australian racing’s big four races by winning the Melbourne Cup.