Desperate VRC raids Everest rival race for Melb Cup prize money
Victoria Racing Club is seeking to strip money from a race set up to rival Sydney’s Everest to pay for the Melbourne Cup because of a cash crisis.
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Melbourne Cup hero likely to miss Qld winter carnival
The continuing big wet in south-east Queensland has likely scuppered Doomben Cup and Q22 plans for Melbourne Cup champion Knight’s Choice, who may instead return to Victoria.
‘Don’t care’: Shock call on Melbourne Cup
It is known as the race that stops the nation, but the Melbourne Cup has just been dealt a brutal blow for 2025.
From racing royalty to the ring: Leek all in on boxing greatness
Mitch Leek is used to ride horses on the morning of his fights and was prepared to follow in his ancestors racing footsteps, but he’s now all in on his rising professional boxing career.
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Jockeys, trainers back Melbourne Cup weights shake up
Racing Victoria has made a big change to the Melbourne Cup and Caulfield Cup that will ensure our best jockeys can be involved in the two spring majors.
Nikau Spur’s owner dares to dream of Melbourne Cup
Nikau Spur’s part-owner Grant Goodrum is dreaming big as he targets the famous Melbourne Cup race for his “genuine stayer”.
‘I’ll be clear, it’s not good enough’: Rogers’ plan to future-proof VRC
The Melbourne Cup is an easy sell, but the Victoria Racing Club has also relied on the annual carnival for too long as its primary source of annual income. Under new CEO Kylie Rogers, that’s about to change.
Melbourne Cup champ injured, out of All-Star Mile
Melbourne Cup champion Knight’s Choice will miss this week’s $2.5 million Group 1 All-Star Mile after suffering bruising to his fetlock.
Racing rocked as Melbourne Cup winner dies
The horse racing industry is in mourning after a popular trainer who won the 2000 Melbourne Cup sadly passed away.
‘We won’t let them struggle’: Owners back Cup-winning trainers ahead of legal fight
The majority owner of Melbourne Cup champion Knight’s Choice is willing to offer the cult horse’s “stressed out” trainers a loan to help them get through a messy legal dispute with Racing Victoria.
Cup bombshell as payout goes missing
The fairtyale 2024 Melbourne Cup winner is headed to the courts with the trainers lodging legal action over prize money that went up in smoke.
Explosive Melbourne Cup court action: Trainers to sue Racing Victoria
The 2024 Melbourne Cup fairytale of $91 roughie Knight’s Choice is headed to the courts with the trainers lodging legal action against Racing Victoria to demand their prizemoney from winning the famous race.
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