Featured
The chances of Lloyd Williams adding to his Melbourne Cup record of six wins are threatened by favourite Yucatan’s wide barrier.
Aidan O’Brien’s travelling foreman TJ Comerford is happy with his trio of Melbourne Cup runners ahead of the big race at Flemington.
Trainer Hughie Morrison hopes the decision to send Marmelo into the Melbourne Cup without a lead-up run in Australia can net a better result than a year ago.
Mark Zahra has picked up the ride on Santa Ana Lane in the Group One VRC Sprint Classic with Ben Melham to miss the meeting because of suspension.
What the jockeys had to say after the $2 million Victoria Derby at Flemington.
Shillelagh has taken advantage of an inside passage to record another Group One win at Flemington.
Extra Brut has taken out the Victoria Derby at his sixth start, beating Stars Of Carrum in the Classic at Flemington.
A Prince Of Arran has won the Lexus Stakes to guarantee his place in the Melbourne Cup with his trainer Charlie Fellowes celebrating his first Group One win.
Sunlight has won the $1 million Coolmore Stud Stakes, the premier race for three-year-old sprinters during the Melbourne Cup carnival.
Osborne Bulls has been well supported to give Godolphin’s Australian trainer James Cummings an early stakes double at Flemington.
Godolphin colt Ranier has followed up his maiden Caulfield win in taking out the Group Three Carbine Club Stakes at Flemington.
Trainer Tony McEvoy is hoping the only filly in the Coolmore Stud Stakes can upstage the colts in the Group One sprint for three-year-olds.
English trainer Charlie Fellowes believes A Prince Of Arran is in the best form of his life ahead of his bid to earn a Melbourne Cup berth in the Lexus Stakes.
Amphitrite is the favourite to win the Group One Empire Rose Stakes at Flemington, with her jockey Dean Yendall chasing his third-straight win in the race.
Expensive yearling Diplomatico gets a chance to significantly enhance his value he runs in the Group One Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington.
Trainer Chris Waller has won three of the past five Coolmore Stud Stakes and is confident he has two strong chances of adding another victory this year.
Thinkin’ Big will start from a middle barrier in the Victoria Derby and co-trainer Gai Waterhouse says the favourite is spot-on for the Classic.
Melbourne Cup favourite Yucatan Ire has galloped with his Aidan O’Brien-trained stablemate The Cliffsofmoher in preparation for the Melbourne Cup.
Dual Everest winner Redzel has won a Randwick barrier trial as part of his preparation for the VRC Sprint at Flemington.
The inevitable question of when Winx is retired can wait as the champion heads for a well-deserved rest after her fourth Cox Plate win.
Trainer Jarrod McLean has been charged over the stabling arrangements for Trap For Fools.
The Andew Balding-trained Duretto will undergo a bone scan after being lame in a fore leg after a gallop at Werribee.
Co-trainer Adrian Bott says Victoria Derby favourite Thinkin’ Big is heading into the race as good as he can be after a dominant Caulfield Classic win.
David Hayes is expecting improvement from Redkirk Warrior when he has a second trial in preparation for a first-up tilt at the VRC Sprint Classic.
Trainer Chris Waller has savoured a fourth Cox Plate win with champion Winx racing to victory in front of a packed house at Moonee Valley.
Trainer Darren Weir says Humidor was beaten on his merits in the Cox Plate as stablemate Kings Will Dream was retired from the race.
Trainer James Cummings says Avilius is on target for the Melbourne Cup after his fourth placing to Winx in the Cox Plate.
International visitor Benbatl took up the challenge to face Winx in the Cox Plate but has had to settle for second to the great mare at Moonee Valley.
Winx has won an unprecedented fourth Cox Plate, a record that is unlikely to be bettered.