Debt wiped, Sandown saved, mounting yard moved, cheaper food. It’s been a whirlwind few months for John Kanga as Melbourne Racing Club chairman … but his impact is perhaps most noted at the grassroots level.
The quality of the Doncaster Mile again highlights the need to recognise Australia’s strength in racing and create a Grand Slam race series for sprinters and milers.
Ciaron Maher is set to break the trainer’s prizemoney record for a season on Day 1 of The Championships at Royal Randwick on Saturday – and there is still nearly four months of 2024-25 racing year remaining.
A big run is expected from Lady In Pink as the mare begins a light autumn campaign in the Group 3 Victoria Handicap before the focus turns to a Group 1 target.
Ever since he won the first of his two Melbourne Cups on Piping Lane in 1972, John Letts has had a love affair with the race that stops the nation that will stand the test of time.
William Buick has ridden some top horses in the Melbourne Cup but labelled Vauban the “classiest” of them all.
Lloyd Williams knows more about Melbourne Cups than probably anyone – he’s won seven of them – so when he places distance doubts on one of the key betting fancies, punters must listen.
Racenet’s Clinton Payne presents his tips and form assessment for each of the runners in Tuesday’s $8.56m Melbourne Cup at Flemington.
OTI Racing’s Terry Henderson still has difficulty reflecting on Bauer’s narrow runner-up finish in the 2008 Melbourne Cup … and with two live chances this year, his pain could be eased as soon as Tuesday.
Chris Waller has two runners at the pointy end of Melbourne Cup betting but isn’t ruling out the chances of his remaining contenders.
Willie Mullins says he has learned from mistakes made in 2023 with Vauban and Absurde ahead of this year’s Melbourne Cup tilt.
A racing superfan from Scotland who moved to the US returned to Melbourne for the Flemington carnival after a shock result in last year’s Fashions on the Field.
South Australia will have its first Melbourne Cup runner in 15 years and trainers Dan Clarken and Oopy MacGillivray have done all they can to ensure The Map is primed to peak.
If it wasn’t for a rogue deer at German maestro Andreas Wohler’s training facility, Protectionist would likely never have made it down under to win the 2014 Melbourne Cup.
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