Revealed: Knight’s Choice’s next mission ahead of Cup defence
Knight’s Choice will be headed back to Queensland in the coming weeks, with a rich staying race on the agenda for connections before likely heading back to the Melbourne Cup.
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Scan clears Cup scratching to run in Zipping Classic
A scan using new hi-tech equipment has enabled vets to clear Melbourne Cup scratching Muramasa to run at Caulfield on Saturday week.
Vauban’s new owners: ‘You can win it back in one hit’
Vauban’s new owners Australian Bloodstock say they are ‘genuinely excited’ about what this year’s Melbourne Cup favourite can achieve under the guidance of Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott.
Maher, Waller again poised to rewrite record books
Chris Waller has set a new benchmark for Group 1s won in the first four months of a season, while Ciaron Maher’s prizemoney tally has already soared to stratospheric levels.
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‘I met her, got a photo … now we’ve got a Melbourne Cup!’
A Melbourne Cup P&O cruise a few years ago provided the extraordinary backdrop for a meeting that will now go down in the race’s long and storied history.
Dolan in full voice on Melbourne Cup stage
He sang one of his songs on The Voice, and Robbie Dolan celebrated his shock Melbourne Cup win with a hug from Irish singing star Ronan Keating.
$100 into $3.2 million: Punter’s remarkable Cup win
‘It is a life-changing result’: Bookmaker confirms amazing first four bet on 2024 Melbourne Cup, with a canny punter nabbing a whopping seven-figure collect.
Right choices lead to fairytale Melbourne Cup win
Knight’s Choice has pulled off a long-shot win in the Melbourne Cup to deliver a fairytale result for his owners, trainers and jockey.
$2.4m loss rocks the Melbourne Cup
The 164th Melbourne Cup will go down as one of the biggest boil overs ever seen. The biggest loser from the shock result has come to light.
‘Travesty’: Three-time Cup champ blows it
Three-time Melbourne Cup jockey Kerrin McEvoy has been accused of blowing up a chance at history with a bizarre ride.
Star jockeys face music after Melb Cup flops
Some of the best known jockeys in this year’s Melbourne Cup failed to fire. Read what they all said after Knight’s Choice’s boilover.
Cup win a Qld fairytale 163 years in the making
So often mocked on the national stage when its horses go south and don’t fire, Queensland put its big boy pants like never before as Knight’s Choice stunned the world as a $91 Melbourne Cup longshot.
‘Really?’: Ronan Keating divides Australia
Ronan Keating has warmed the crowd up for the Melbourne Cup but the choice of the early-2000s crooner has left a few noses out of joint.
Melbourne Cup Day LIVE updates: Full finishing order; What the jockeys said
Sheila Laxon has won her second Melbourne Cup with rank outsider Knight’s Choice, who saluted at $81 to become the race’s longest-priced winner since Prince Of Penzance.
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