What it really takes to win the Melbourne Cup
Winning a Melbourne Cup is the pinnacle of horse racing in Australia and it takes years of hard work and preparation to get there.
Fourth Melbourne Cup win not Absurde for Kerrin McEvoy
Absurde is rated a $13 chance for the Melbourne Cup after the announcement that the Aidan O’Brien-trained Group 1 St Leger (2916m) winner Jan Brueghel will not be a starter in the race after not passing veterinary inspections.
Mug's guide to picking the Melbourne Cup winner
Want to pick the Cup winner based on the horse's name, the most successful barriers, or the number on the saddle cloth? This guide has got you covered.
Horses Nine's Melbourne Cup experts are tipping to win
Cricket legend Mark Taylor picks his horses in a very different way to Eddie McGuire or Billy Slater. Scroll through our expert tips for inspiration.
Melbourne Cup 2024: Start time, where you can watch, plus six horses to keep onside
Many British and Irish racing fans will be setting their alarms to wake them during the small hours so they don’t miss the £2 million ‘race that stops a nation’
Melbourne Cup winner Wayne Harris reflects on his place in racing history
There are a handful of names that are synonymous with Australia's most famous horse race, the Melbourne Cup.Trainer Bart Cummings, owner Lloyd Williams, and jockeys including Glen Boss, Harry White, Kerrin McEvoy and Damien Oliver.
Inside 2024 Melbourne Cup vet protocols: ‘We want to see horses race … not miss out’
Gilbert Gardiner examines Racing Victoria’s Melbourne Cup veterinary protocols, explaining how technology is used to identify horses at a heightened risk of injury. Each horse in the Melbourne Cup has one final Racing Victoria vet inspection to pass.
Horse racing: Melbourne Cup stage awaits Positivity
Talented Kiwi mare Positivity will step out on the greatest stage for stayers at Flemington on Tuesday, when she contests the A$8 million Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m). In the care of highly-respected Cambridge trainer Andrew Forsman,
The horse, the prep, and the race itself — how the tactics of winning the Melbourne Cup have evolved
The Melbourne Cup has changed greatly in 30 years, but some things remain the same. Just ask three-time cup-winning jockey Kerrin McEvoy.
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Three-time Cup champ Kerrin McEvoy slammed over Absurde ‘travesty’
Others argued McEvoy and Absurde was “unlucky”. Kerrin McEvoy would want that again. Photo: X and Getty Images McEvoy ...
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What the jockeys said: 2024 Melbourne Cup
KNIGHT'S CHOICE, at odds of 99-1, ran up between horses to get the bob in the $8,560,000 Melbourne Cup (G1) at @FlemingtonVRC ...
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Melbourne Cup dream still alive for Willie Mullins
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Kerrin McEvoy chasing legends Harry White and Bobbie Lewis as a four-time winner of the Melbourne Cup
Arwon was destined to win a Melbourne Cup. His name is Nowra spelt backwards, the home of the Cup’s first champion, Archer ...
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Willie Mullins gives Melbourne Cup reaction as Absurde finishes best of his two runners at Flemington
Partnered by Kerrin McEvoy and William Buick respectively, both Absurde and Vauban were settled in the pack through the ...