Realm Of Flowers has won an all-important ballot exemption into the Melbourne Cup with a decisive win at Flemington. Success in Saturday’s Listed Andrew Ramsden Stakes (2800m) takes the pressure off …

Realm Of Flowers will attempt to take the pressure of Anthony and Sam Freedman by winning the Listed Andrew Ramsden Stakes at Flemington. Victory in the 2800m race on Saturday provides the …

The Danny O’Brien pair of Miami Bound and Salto Angel will be after a ballot exemption into the Melbourne Cup when they line up in the Andrew Ramsden Stakes at …

The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable will have numbers on their side as they chase an assured start in the Melbourne Cup courtesy of victory in the Andrew Ramsden Stakes …

The Listed Warrnambool Cup is set to form part of a bigger spring picture for European import Le Don De Vie when he has his fifth Australian start on Thursday. Prepared …

The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace stable is likely to have multiple runners in the Andrew Ramsden Stakes at Flemington as they chase a ballot exemption for the Melbourne Cup. …

Grand Promenade has broken through for a long overdue win at Sandown and is now likely to attempt to win his way into the 2021 Melbourne Cup at his next …

Ciaron Maher and David Eustace have won another feature three-year-old staying race with Through Irish Eyes taking out the Listed VRC St Leger at Flemington. Through Irish Eyes has relished …

A one-time favourite for the Melbourne Cup has broken through for his maiden win in Australia. Trainer Phillip Stokes will work backwards from the Melbourne Cup to plan his assault …

Constantinople will bid to set up his spring campaign when he steps out in the William Newton VC Handicap at Flemington. Lindsay Park held high hopes for Constantinople when he …

Nick Williams has confirmed that former Macedon Lodge head trainer Rob Hickmott has returned to the property in the same position he used to occupy. Williams, speaking on RSN on …

Team Gelagotis viewed their Irish import Long Arm’s Australian debut at Flemington last month as an introduction to local racing with the view it would be his second run where …

After being the first locally trained horse home in the 2020 Melbourne Cup, Australia’s most improved stayer Persan’s sole focus for this year will be another tilt at Australia’s most …

Manny Gelagotis described it as a Christmas bonus when their Irish import Long Arm made a winning Australian debut. The assistant trainer to his brother Peter, Gelagotis said they thought …

Symon Wilde believes in-form mare Tralee Rose could be a stayer of the future and that is why he regards her Flemington assignment as imperative. Wilde will run Tralee Rose …

Popular Hall of Fame jockey W A ‘Billy’ Smith has died at the age of 92. The well-travelled rider began his career as an apprentice in Melbourne in the 1940s …

Wagering on the Flemington carnival increased this year on the back of record turnover on the Melbourne Cup. Australians bet $221.6 million on the famous race, up more than 17 …

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 …

There might not be any crowds at the Melbourne Cup this year but that hasn’t stopped punters from opening their wallets and loading up on the race. TAB have released …

Melbourne Cup day at Flemington will host the feature racing program in Victoria this Tuesday the 3rd of November with ten races being run and won on what looks to …

It’s the first Tuesday in November and like many Australians you want to get involved in the Melbourne Cup action! Continue reading for information on the 2020 Melbourne Cup including …

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 * …

Master Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien has had conflicting fortunes in the Melbourne Cup barrier draw with Anthony Van Dyck coming up with gate three and Tiger Moth barrier 23 ahead …

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 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 …

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 …

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. …

Aidan O’Brien’s travelling foreman T J Comerford believes the stable is in a good position to land its first Melbourne Cup with Anthony Van Dyck and Tiger Moth. O’Brien is …