An encounter in an office on the Gold Coast seven years ago put Gary Cunningham and wife Lorilie on a path that has led to the Melbourne Cup. The part-owners of Mostly Cloudy open up about featuring in Australia’s biggest race here.
Jockey Joao Moreira will need to work his magic if the Melbourne Cup favourite is to win, with his key rivals faring much better.
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.
Winona Costin will ride in the Melbourne Cup for the first time but the Sydney-based, New Zealand expat has deep – and successful – family links to the race.
Without A Fight, the first stayer since Ethereal (2001) to complete the Caulfield-Melbourne Cup double, will this week tick another box in a meticulous and careful recovery from his tendon injury.
Ciaron Maher camp delighted with condition of Sydney Cup winner and Melbourne Cup favourite Circle Of Fire who will kick off his Spring campaign with a Cranbourne jumpout on Monday.
Rising Star apprentice Luke Cartwright, dubbed the Flying Mullet by his peers, can cap a breakout season when he rides at Flemington for the first time.
Champion trainer Ciaron Maher has a personal-best season milestone to record as attention turns to Cups qualification for Berkshire Breeze.
Victorian Racing Tribunal hands down new two-year disqualification against disgraced trainer Darren Weir for the use of a jigger on three racehorses, placing a cloud over the future of his Trevenson Park pre-training facility.
A golden ticket into the Melbourne Cup doesn’t guarantee a golden path into the race that stops a nation – as New Zealand trainer Roger James is finding out with top fancy Mark Twain.
Brett Prebble, who won Group 1 races in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan in a stellar career, will step away from race riding.
Berkshire Breeze has emerged as a Cups candidate with an emphatic win at Flemington on Saturday.
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