The surprise ‘Payne effect’ on betting
MICHELLE’S Payne’s historic win in the Melbourne Cup last year has changed punters’ views of today’s race and female jockeys.
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Banking nerds predict Cup winner
THE smartest kids in the room have crunched the data, analysing 40000 runs from 4000 races, and they reckon they have found some value in the Cup.
Caviar breeder knows Jameka’s class
THE man who bred Black Caviar also just happened to breed Jameka, and he’s surprised by talk one of the favourites for the Cup won’t stay the trip.
Boost your odds of a Cup win
AN analysis of 20 years of the Melbourne Cup’s first three horses suggests that punters should not be betting against the odds this year.
Jameka ‘won’t run a place’, says top punter
ONE of Australia’s sharpest punters Sean Bartholomew has declared Jameka a “true 50-1 chance” in the Melbourne Cup and insists she won’t even run a place.
Bookies at odds over Cup fancy
TWO of Australia’s biggest bookmakers have taken polar opposite views on the chances of one heavily backed horse in today’s Melbourne Cup.
Brave bid to break Cup curse
FLAMBOYANT jockey Frankie Dettori believes his Melbourne Cup hoodoo is about to be broken.
Aussie battler raring for immortality
AUSTRALIAN mare Jameka will carry the hopes of a nation today as she shoots for a fairytale homegrown Melbourne Cup victory.
Hall sees double as he stares down critics
HAVING watched all the lead-up races, nothing will sway Nick Hall from his belief that Jameka is the one to beat in the Melbourne Cup.
Payne backs Mallyon in big race
MELBOURNE Cup history maker Michelle Payne will be cheering on female hoop Katelyn Mallyon ahead of today’s big race.
Big track boost for Hartnell’s chances
IF Hartnell is a flat track bully then bring on the $6.2 million Melbourne Cup at Flemington today.
Fake tan, long shots and photo finishes
IT is the biggest day on the Australian racing calendar. This year’s Melbourne Cup is shaping up as a blockbuster. How are you going to survive? Check out our A-Z guide.
Who is Michelle tipping in the Cup?
THIS time last year she won the Melbourne Cup on Prince Of Penzance. Now read who Michelle Payne is tipping for this year’s race.
Dodgy guts: Extreme diet of a Cup jockey
NO solid food for three days, juice cleanses, dodgy guts and green beans as a treat. Melbourne Cup hopeful Nick Hall reveals his extreme pre-race diet.
Will Cup pace be a dagger in the Hartnell?
EUROPEAN speed looms as the only chink in the armour of Melbourne Cup favourite Hartnell with expectations of a high-tempo weighing on trainer John O’Shea’s mind.
Don’t write off Japanese stayer
COMPARED to the wave of support enjoyed by previous Japanese visitors, Curren Mirotic is a relative outcast in Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup.
Jockey‘s bizarre jump in bid to break hoodoo
CRAIG Williams’ elusive quest for racing’s Holy Grail has taken a quirky new twist with the Qewy jockey leaving no stone unturned in his bid to add the Cup to his cabinet.
Why Hartnell’s already won the Cup
HARTNELL has looked like the incredible hulk for most of the spring, but it’s an improved attitude off the track that has jockey James McDonald supremely confident.
How to watch the Melbourne Cup
HOW to watch the 2016 Melbourne Cup live on TV, the internet and overseas.
Hartnell is right horse for Cup
IF Hartnell wins the Melbourne Cup, it will be easy to say in hindsight “that was obvious’’. Equally, if he gets rolled, you will hear that the writing was on the wall.
Waller hits the right note
CHRIS Waller has a theory that he hopes will have his horses on song for the Melbourne Cup.
We ate and drank how much?
EVER wondered exactly how much food and drink is consumed at the Melbourne Cup? From oysters to champagne, here are the numbers that matter.
The ‘luckiest’ Melbourne Cup numbers
WHEN it comes to picking a Melbourne Cup winner it’s a numbers game. We’ve crunched them all to give you the best chance on Tuesday.
What happened to horse that stopped the Cup?
SHE held the 2000 Melbourne Cup up for 10 minutes, flatly refusing to race. What happened to the horse who stopped the race that stops a nation?
Godolphin trainer has ‘best job in racing’
JOHN O’Shea admits being head trainer for Godolphin in Australia is something he often pinches himself about, having grown up in Queensland wanting to one day be a top horse trainer.
‘Little bugger’ fires back after Payne spray
A SYDNEY jockey has hit back at Michelle Payne after she labelled him “a little jockey from Sydney” and said he should pack up back to the harbour city.
Boss slams Payne’s ‘boys club’ claim
MICHELLE Payne’s call for racing’s boys’ club to “get stuffed” has divided the industry, with jockey Glen Boss saying she might regret her post-Melbourne Cup spray.
‘That cop would have been loving it’
SARAH Finn, who shot to notoriety as the Melbourne Cup’s “blue dress woman”, has apologised. But her friends seem amused by the situation.
Cup Day inspo: Australia’s first hat
AS the nation pins on its fascinator and sets its cap at a jaunty angle, we look back at the hat that made us a world-leader in the headwear field.
‘You d***’: Woman’s selfie fiasco
THIS woman posed with her winning Cup ticket and posted the photo online. Then one of her “friends” did something rotten.
Michelle’s dad raised a winner
HE raised 10 kids on his own and one of them just won the Melbourne Cup, but Paddy Payne is probably Australia’s most humble dad.
Gai’s praise for Payne win
GAI Waterhouse has described Michelle Payne’s Melbourne Cup win as an example of everything that is good about Australian racing.
Overheard in the Melbourne Cup toilets
WHAT goes on tour stays on tour right? Well it did until now. These are the top 10 things we overheard in the toilets at the Melbourne Cup.
Video: What was this Cup jockey thinking?
RIVAL jockeys are lucky to be alive, and punters are out of pocket, thanks to this reckless ride that ruined the Melbourne Cup hopes of half the field.
Why Payne’s Cup spray was so important
TOO often women are afraid to call out sexism for fear of being labelled a ‘whinger’ or even a ‘bitch’. Yesterday she had a global stage, and boy did she use it.
Red Cadeaux ‘alive and well’
TRACK legend Red Cadeaux is reportedly recovering well after surgery, with reports indicating the leg injury is not life-threatening.
Michelle Payne’s excruciating past
BEFORE she made history at the Melbourne Cup, Michelle Payne had to overcome pain that would have broken most people.
Payne hopes Cup triumph is just the start
MICHELLE Payne hopes her Melbourne Cup success on Prince Of Penzance may have paved the way for other female jockeys to follow in her footsteps.
Early ‘cash out’ costs one punter $138,000
HAVING put down $5 on a four-leg multi at the juicy odds of 27702/1 this gambler could have had thousands riding on Prince Of Penzance, but…
Payne’s rough trot to immortality
MICHELLE Payne was not brought up to give up. When you’re poor and there are 10 of you, there is no choice but to stick at it, or else get left behind, writes Matt Stewart.
How the Melbourne Cup was won
EVEN under siege by one of the world’s top jockeys, Michelle Payne had no intentions of surrendering the perfect spot she had secured in running.
’I’m way more dedicated than a lot of guys’
THE petite 30-year-old who won the Melbourne Cup on Prince Of Penzance said she hoped her victory changed the perception of female jockeys.
The Cup carnage you don’t see on TV
IT’S not all glitz and glam. With a nasty punch-up, a woman pushing over a cop, and punter passed out, yesterday’s Melbourne Cup turned ugly fast.
What you don’t know about Payne
MICHELLE Payne’s win was remarkable. So was her reaction to it. But the rest of her life has been just as extraordinary.
Bush plan that won a Melbourne Cup
“LOOK I’m in my seventies and I want a decent horse before I cark it. Can you find me one?” And so began the incredible story of a knockabout band of owners who took a punt with Prince of Penzance.
Luckiest bugger of the Melbourne Cup
HOW do you turn a $9 bet into a windfall of more than $100,000? With this sort of freakishly prescient prediction, at hopelessly long odds.
The unsung hero behind Cup winner
MICHELLE Payne may have given sisterhood a boost with her Melbourne Cup victory, but there was no one prouder of her efforts than brother Steven Payne.
Cup champ to chauvinists: ‘Get stuffed’
HISTORY-making jockey Michelle Payne made a post-race speech for the ages after winning the 2015 Melbourne Cup on $101 shot Prince of Penzance, in one of the great race’s greatest boilovers.
A victory for the true blue believers
WHERE do you start the story of the greatest Melbourne Cup? A race that could not have been more romantic if the winner was trained by Mills and ridden by Boon.
Gathering of women in power and style
WHETHER in the Birdcage or general admission, the omens were there early that this was to be the real Ladies’ Day of the Melbourne spring racing carnival.
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