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.

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

What the connections are saying ahead of the Melbourne Cup at Flemington.

Finche appears set to start the Melbourne Cup favourite with punters rallying behind the Chris Waller-trained import.

Jockey Damian Lane has won the Golden Slipper, Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate in 2019 and has the chance to add the Melbourne Cup aboard Mer De Glace.

Brett Prebble already has a Melbourne Cup success on Green Moon and is chasing his second on the Anthony Freedman-trained Steel Prince.

He has won Sydney’s two richest races of the spring, now Chris Waller has set his sights on the biggest prize money offering in Melbourne.

Frankie Dettori has won almost every big race in the world but the Melbourne Cup has eluded him and he hopes to put that right on Master Of Reality.

From royalty and the world’s racing elite to ordinary Englishmen and Kiwis, many racehorse owners are dreaming of winning the $8 million Melbourne Cup.

The Chosen One is an outsider in the Melbourne Cup but just being in the race is a thrill for his octogenarian owners, twin brothers Ray and Tony Dennis.

Craig Williams needs to win the Melbourne Cup to give him the ‘grand slam’ of Australian racing and is happy to be riding Vow And Declare at Flemington.