Dual Melbourne Cup-winning Irish trainer Dermot Weld has snuck under Racing Victoria handicapper guards with untapped stayer Harbour Wind. Harbour Wind has finished first or second in all seven ...

The deal between Tabcorp and the Victoria Racing Club means the Melbourne Cup will move from Network Ten to Channel Nine for the next six years. Experts rely on physical and mental attributes to ...

Melbourne Cup winning owner Nick Williams said there is a genuine prospect that most of Australia’s top jockeys won’t be able to take part in this spring’s Melbourne Cup. Following the release of ...

After his placing in the Group 1 Irish St Leger on Sunday, current Melbourne Cup favourite ($11 with Sportsbet) Vauban has been allocated 55.5kg - half a kilogram more than he carried when unplaced in ...

Aidan O'Brien is eager to relaunch his bid for a first Melbourne Cup with a team featuring St Leger winner Jan Brueghel, but the master trainer is far from sure any of his leading contenders will be ...

In the world of horse racing the first Tuesday of November means only one thing – Melbourne Cup Day. Flemington Racecourse will be bursting at the seams for one of Australia’s sporting ...

Last year's winner Without A Fight has been allotted top weight of 58.5kg for the Lexus Melbourne Cup, two more kilos than he carried in 2023. Trainer Ciaron Maher holds 16 nominations for this ...

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The master trainer said Promises Kept, $101, could emerge as a Melbourne Cup contender through a country cups or ballot exempt qualification race. “A horse like Promises Kept, he ran second in a ...

Harbour Wind has finished first or second in all seven starts to date, four wins including two in Listed company, and most recently placed in a Group 3 in France. Weld, who sparked the ...

Reigning Caulfield and Melbourne Cup winner Without A Fight must defy 50 years of history if successful as a 58.5kg topweight on the first Tuesday in November at Flemington. Without A Fight carried 55 ...

Without A Fight carried 55.5kg in the Caulfield Cup last year and 56.5kg in the Melbourne Cup. Cox Plate contender Via Sistina, the highest rated international horse in Cups consideration ...