August
- Opinion
- Online gambling
Ban all gambling ads and let the kids play the game, not the odds
Kids appear to know as much about multi bets as they do about the players they are watching.
- Zoe Daniel
May
- Exclusive
- Luxury property
Racing heavyweight lists $5.3m penthouse with three terraces
Steve Rosich, who resigned as CEO of the Victorian Racing Club, is selling his Toorak penthouse, while former David Jones CEO Mark McInnes has completed his mansion upgrade nearby.
- Bonnie Campbell
February
Nine and Tabcorp break stalemate to seal Melbourne Cup rights deal
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.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
January
Victoria forces Tabcorp to make betting terminals voucher only
The state regulator said the wagering group had not prevented minors from punting through its machines in pubs, and has introduced new rules including vouchers.
- Zoe Samios
- Sponsored
- Horse racing
How to buy a yearling at Magic Millions, according to the experts
Experts rely on physical and mental attributes to pick out the next champion thoroughbred at Magic Millions, but there are other ‘weird and wacky’ tactics used.
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November 2023
Jockey Mark Zahra goes back-to-back on Without A Fight
Jockey Mark Zahra has won his second successive Melbourne Cup, riding Without A Fight to victory at Flemington.
- Zoe Samios and James Thomson
Cup sizzle brings out men’s shorts, rainbow colour for women
Thirty-degree heat for the Melbourne Cup led property developer Paul Franze to opt for shorts, while colour was the order of the day for women’s fashion.
- Lauren Sams
Macquarie’s Cup tips; Judge blasts Trump; $1m public servants
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Without a Fight wins the Melbourne Cup
The Anthony and Sam Freedman stayer has streaked away with the Melbourne Cup. Follow here.
- Updated
- James Thomson
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Macquarie’s Melbourne Cup tips team asked AI a smart question
The firm’s quants turned to artificial intelligence to improve their race strike rate. There’s one thing they put to PunterGPT that investors can learn from.
- James Thomson
Peter V’Landys haunts AHA lunch
The powerful lobby group entertained a room bustling with Labor types. And a few Nationals too.
- Myriam Robin
Mac quants giddy-up for Melbourne Cup with PunterGPT; top picks in
It’s that time of the year again, when Macquarie Capital’s quants redirect their PhDs from financial markets to picking the winning horse in the Melbourne Cup.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Melbourne Cup Day rate rise will leave RBA isolated
The Reserve Bank stands alongside the Bank of Japan as the only G7 central banks where markets have locked in forecasts for further rate increases.
- Michael Read
Hope that clean socks, luck of the Irish will deliver historic win
Gold Trip would be the first racehorse to win back-to-back Melbourne Cups since Makybe Diva in 2005 - and the first to carry more than 58 kilograms.
- Zoe Samios
Meet the investment banking legend behind the Melbourne Cup favourite
With his mullet and brash clothes, Rich Ricci is not your typical investment banker. But he could take home Australia’s most famous race.
- James Thomson
The race that no longer stops the nation gets a shake-up
Fewer than 85,000 people are expected to attend the Melbourne Cup, but the VRC hopes a music festival and overturning a ban on shorts will keep young people interested.
- Patrick Durkin
Waterhouse and Waller vie for Victoria Derby, Golden Eagle victory
The meet at Flemington in Melbourne marks the beginning of a spring racing carnival that continues into next week with the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday.
- Zoe Samios and Patrick Durkin
‘No one thought I’d be good’: How Gai Waterhouse proved the doubters wrong
Gai Waterhouse had to defy the weight of her famous father to become a female trailblazer and legend of the track.
- Zoe Samios
An early peek inside the Melbourne Cup Birdcage
This year’s Melbourne Cup Carnival feels more fashion, fine dining and racing up front and party out the back.
- Patrick Durkin
October 2023
‘The fewer people who know what you’re doing, the better’
Joe McGrath spent 150 days on the road this year touring with the $600k Melbourne Cup. The key, he says, is knowing when to keep a low profile and when to wax lyrical.
- Gus McCubbing