There was a sense of national pride about Vow And Declare’s triumph in the Melbourne Cup. The Danny O’Brien-trained gelding defied a wave of internationals to become the first locally-trained stayer to win the Cup since 2009.
Protests were predicted at this year’s Melbourne Cup but not this kind — and it left punters in an uproar and bookies scrambling.
Some punters were feeling just as good as champion jockey Craig Williams while others were lamenting the dramatic end to the great race.
Melbourne Cup winner Vow And Declare was passed in for just $45,000. On Tuesday, he earned one of the biggest pay packets in world racing. See how much Cup connections earned.
THE Spring Carnival’s international invasion will break records, with 11 more Euro horses – including Michael Owen’s – bound for Melbourne.
THE fluctuating Melbourne Cup fortunes of Voleuse De Coeurs have taken another turn, and the Cup bid is back on.
CHAMPION jockey Nash Rawiller has turned his back on Royal Randwick’s Super Saturday for one reason – Fiorente.
UPDATE: GAI Waterhouse is concentrating on a rare Cox Plate-Melbourne Cup double with Fiorente after she withdrew the stayer from the Caulfield Cup.
A stud deal for Atlantic Jewel’s conqueror It’s A Dundeel almost certainly rules out a Melbourne Cup tilt for the soon-to-be-retired four-year-old.
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