Gai Waterhouse is out to win her first VRC Oaks with Pinot to take on odds-on favourite Aloisia in the 2500m staying race for fillies at Flemington.

As celebrations continue, Melbourne Cup winning owner Lloyd Williams has already started planning an assault on next year’s Cup.

Talented Cantbuybetter will need to produce an exceptional run at Doomben to earn a trip to Perth for a Group One race.

The Queensland Labor government has made an election promise to boost prize money for country racing,

A woman has been charged after a car was driven onto train tracks near the Melbourne Cup as a protest about refugees on Manus Island.

The 2017 Melbourne Cup has delivered a 6th win for owner Lloyd Williams, a second for the jockey and the first for a young Irish trainer.

Joseph O’Brien has always been destined to be a trainer but has been stunned by his Melbourne Cup success with Rekindling.

Jockey Michael Dee would have loved a better finish in his first Melbourne Cup ride but has managed to win a stakes race at Flemington.

Owner Lloyd Williams has won the Melbourne Cup for a second year thanks to Irish-trained horse Rekindling.

Punters have outlaid almost $90 million on the Melbourne Cup before Rekindling provided owner Lloyd Williams with his sixth winner in Australia’s great race.

Leading jockeys Hugh Bowman and Craig Williams have each been suspended for 11 meetings and indicated they will appeal the bans.

Aidan O’Brien has trained a record number of Group One winners this year but his son Joseph denied him Melbourne Cup victory with Rekindling.

The man who owned more runners in the Melbourne Cup than even Lloyd Williams doesn’t think he’ll beat his mate’s Cup record.

Popular jockey Corey Brown is celebrating his second Melbourne Cup win, eight years after his first.

Joao Moreira has been cleared to fly to Hong Kong after the star jockey was involved in a Melbourne Cup day fall.

Lloyd Williams may be the most successful owner in Melbourne Cup history, but his quinella has been beaten by an Irish trifecta.

More than 20,000 punters flocked to Randwick to celebrate the Melbourne Cup while Sydney bookmakers rejoiced at Rekindled’s win.

Irish trainer Willie Mullins’ three runners in the Melbourne Cup have all finished in the top 10, with Max Dynamite placing for the second time.

Corey Brown has claimed his second Melbourne Cup victory with Rekindling, eight years after winning on Shocking.

Overseas-trained horses to have won or placed in the Melbourne Cup

Nakeeta has finished fifth for trainer Iain Jardine, the first Scottish runner to contest the Melbourne Cup.

Thunderstorms and rain in many parts of Queensland couldn’t dampen Melbourne Cup day fever.

What the jockeys said after the 2017 Melbourne Cup.

Trainer Hughie Morrison says his first thoughts on $7 equal Melbourne Cup favourite Marmelo were that he didn’t stay the distance.

How they finished in the 2017 Melbourne Cup.

A look at where the international runners finished in the 2017 Melbourne Cup.

Ben Melham believes the weight difference was telling at the finish as the younger Rekindling narrowly denied his mount Johannes Vermeer in the Melbourne Cup.

Big Duke has finished fourth in the Melbourne Cup to be the first Australian-trained stayer home.

A look at Frankie Dettori’s Melbourne Cup results from his 17 rides in Australia’s most famous race.

Owner Lloyd Williams has added a sixth Melbourne Cup to his collection after Rekindling beat with his other runner Johannes Vermeer.