The Melbourne Cup will be the prime focus for connections in the spring with import Sir Delius, who made a winning introduction to Australian racing in Brisbane last Saturday. Trained by Gai ...

Melbourne Cup: What do Aussies really think of the race that stops the nation? It is known as the race that stops the nation, but the Melbourne Cup has just been dealt a brutal blow for 2025.

ONCE the dust settles on Christmas and the decorations are taken down, thoughts will turn to the new year, and with the dawn of every new year hopes are high for what lies ahead. While all clubs ...

Melbourne Cup winner John Symons has come back from the dead – not long ago he was given just three months to live.

Local hope Knight’s Choice has pulled off an incredible Melbourne Cup boilover at 100/1 odds, upstaging a field of fancied international runners to win a thrilling 164th edition of the great ...

The Melbourne Cup distance was cut from 3219m to 3200m in 1972 when Australia adopted the metric system. Prize money: $9.4 million (World's richest handicap race) Winner earns $4.8 million.

The Melbourne Cup’s bulked up pre-race entertainment ceremony kicked off with a Welcome to Country performed by local elder Uncle Colin Hunter on Tuesday afternoon.

Toowoomba Melbourne Cup celebations | photos Toowoomba residents celebrated the race that stops the nation at Hope Horizons Melbourne Cup charity lunch and Fitzy’s Melbourne Cup Party. See the ...

Melbourne Cup Day 2024: Full picture gallery of all the glitz and glamour — Part 2 Hundreds of racegoers looked striking in their fancy outfits at Melbourne Cup Day 2024.

Melbourne Cup prize money: How much does the winner earn? A total prize money pool of $8 million will be up for grabs in the Melbourne Cup this year.

The Australia-trained gelding Knight’s Choice has won the 164th running of Australia’s premier horse race the Melbourne Cup at odds of 80-1. The unfancied five-year-old was well back turning ...

Outsider Knight’s Choice won the Melbourne Cup, in a dramatically close race which went to a photo finish.