As always, the headline event of the day is the Melbourne Cup itself, however, there are ten races scheduled across the course of the day, with a handful of them being Group 1 events. The ...

Melbourne Cup-winning trainers and jockeys will be recognised with honourary life memberships of the Victoria Racing Club, it was announced on Tuesday. Some of racing's biggest names, including Glen ...

In relation to how people feel about the Melbourne Cup, the vote is split 48 per cent for and 52 per cent against, with women ...

2005 – A champion becomes a legend “Go and find the smallest child on this course, because they ... He was right, too. The 2005 Melbourne Cup is a race which will be hard to top and remains ...

Everyone seems to turn into a racing expert come Melbourne Cup day ... come out a winner over the 3200-metre course. Some trends are clear over the Cup's 162 years, and that evidence could ...

The Melbourne Cup is the race we all grow up dreaming about,' said ... Winning) would mean everything, of course. 'I've ridden Australia a few times, the day is amazing itself and it's a race ...

It is known as the race that stops the nation, but the Melbourne Cup has just been dealt a brutal blow for 2025. Mitch Leek is used to ride horses on the morning of his fights and was prepared to ...

Many look forward to the races each year. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled On course figures were even better. Nearly 84,500 streamed through the gates at Flemington on Melbourne Cup day ...