It is known as the race that stops the nation, but the Melbourne Cup has just been dealt a brutal blow for 2025. News.com.au has found there’s a cigarette paper between people who believe the ...

Melbourne Cup hero Knight's Choice will almost certainly miss the Queensland winter carnival. Co-trainer John Symons revealed that south-east Queensland's ongoing big wet meant the Cup winner would ...

Sheila Laxon and John Symons with the Melbourne Cup trophy. Picture: Michael McInally Symons said the injury setback in autumn wasn’t major, but it was enough to scrap autumn plans.

The continuing big wet in south-east Queensland has likely scuppered Doomben Cup and Q22 plans for Melbourne Cup champion Knight’s Choice, who may instead return to Victoria. Co-trainer John ...

Co-trainer John Symons revealed that south-east Queensland’s ongoing big wet meant the Cup winner would most ... that’s why his form was so bad in Melbourne last spring up until his last ...

Melbourne Cup winner Without A Fight has been retired. Trainers Anthony and Sam Freedman announced the decision on Thursday. Former international Without A Fight, who famously completed the Caulfield ...

Training duo John Symons and Sheila Laxon have shifted the fight for their $464,000 slice of last year’s Melbourne Cup prizemoney to the County Court of Victoria. Symons and Laxon, who won the ...

Silent Surrente’s bid for a Melbourne Cup golden ticket took a blow in the Roy Higgins (2600m), the mare finished ninth behind talented stayer Deakin in a race where nothing went right.

Sydney stayer Athabascan is on a mission to secure a Melbourne Cup berth in the Andrew Ramsden Stakes after he was agonisingly scratched from the race last year. Athabascan, a $4.40 favourite ...