‘Amazing day’: Freedman reflects on epic Melbourne Cup win
Trainer Sam Freedman and his superstar Melbourne Cup winner Without A Fight have pulled up a treat after their greatest triumph on a racetrack.
Trainer Sam Freedman and his superstar Melbourne Cup winner Without A Fight have pulled up a treat after their greatest triumph on a racetrack.
Victoria Road can bounce back from his poor showing in the Cox Plate in Saturday’s $3m Champions Mile, new co-trainer David Eustace believes.
Racenet pedigree expert Adam Sherry highlights his top four chances and best roughie for the 2023 Kennedy Oaks at Flemington.
Chris Waller will continue to work on Melbourne Cup runner-up Soulcombe’s barrier manners, forecasting another tilt at the race next year.
Willie Mullins saw the warning signs early with Vauban as the Melbourne Cup performed well below his best at Flemington.
Racing Victoria’s chief steward Rob Montgomery was a happy man after Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup.
Winning a Melbourne Cup is about making the right decisions and Mark Zahra is on a hot streak after claiming back-to-back triumphs.
Fittingly, it was Hall of Fame trainer Lee Freedman who was the first to ring nephew Sam following Without A Fight’s Melbourne Cup victory.
Mark Zahra’s brave call to swap last year’s winner Gold Trip for Without A Fight delivered him a second successive Melbourne Cup victory and a spot in the history books.
Last year’s Melbourne Cup winner Gold Trip was feeling the effects of a torrid run in Tuesday’s $8m race, pulling up lame after fading to finish 17th.
The champion hoop’s final Melbourne Cup ride may have ended in disappointment, but Damien Oliver says he is just thankful to have had one last ride.
He rolled into Eagle Farm with his reputation damaged and his tail between his legs. A fortnight later, Without A Fight was racing’s next big thing.
This is what the jockeys had to say after the running of the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday.
The 2023 Melbourne Cup has been won in impressive style by Without A Fight. See where your horse finished.
Vauban is a dominant Melbourne Cup favourite and the price of stablemate Absurde has more than halved, but one element about Tuesday’s race has trainer Willie Mullins nervous.
A Phillip Stokes-trained mare is a great chance at $13 in a support race on Tuesday’s massive Melbourne Cup meeting at Flemington.
Duais is the latest high-profile mare to be purchased by big spending Yulong.
Damien Oliver will get his last ride in the Melbourne Cup after Alenquer was cleared to run on Tuesday morning.
Star English jockey Hollie Doyle has done her homework on past Melbourne Cups in a quest to become only the second woman to win the great race.
Melbourne Cup favourite Vauban has been backed to win more than $3 million at the Call Of The Card.
Here is the Melbourne Cup betting update on Monday.
Vauban has to defy history to win Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup … but a respected form guru says there are several key pointers that he can do just that.
The Cups King had a tried and proven Melbourne Cup formula that stood the test of time … and there’s just one horse in this year’s field which qualifies.
Jockey Rachel King has done the job for trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott in big races and Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup should be no exception.
Who has the better mullet – Ryan Papenhuyzen or Bailey Smith? The owner of the Melbourne Cup favourite, who has his own unique hairstyle, gives his verdict.
Pedigree expert Adam Sherry casts a breeding eye over the field for the 2023 Victoria Derby and tips a horse at double-figure odds in the three-year-old classic.
Ciaron Maher is hoping gun mare Ruthless Dame can overcome an “extreme” outside barrier and win the Golden Eagle on Saturday.
He’s been gone for 18 years, but Melbourne Cup king Lloyd Williams reckons Kerry Packer would have bet up big on one particular horse this year.
While enjoying a Paul McCartney concert last week, longtime friends John Singleton and Gerry Harvey were still plotting how to win the $10m Golden Eagle.
Our team of experts have given their tips for the five major races on Derby Day and Golden Eagle Day on Saturday.
The Everest champ Think About It will join an elite group of equine stars if he continues his winning streak in the Giga Kick Stakes on Saturday.
Joe Pride was shocked by the level of criticism he copped on social media after issuing a challenge for Imperatriz to take on Everest winner Think About It.
Strapper Donna Stewart was one of the unsung players in Makybe Diva’s first Cup win 20 years ago. Two decades on, she speaks of her connection to the champ and that wild day in November 2003.
This week, Matty and Benny talk the Cox Plate call that went awry, the Golden Eagle, Derby Day (where are the superstar horses?), did Mark Zahra make the right Melbourne Cup choice, Jamie Kah’s form and Imperatriz.
Japanese raider Obamburumai adds intrigue to the Golden Eagle as form guru Gary Crispe gives his thoughts on how he’ll measure up.
Ciaron Maher and David Eustace could have as many as six runners in the Melbourne Cup as Interpretation all but secured a start with his Bendigo Cup win.
Vow And Declare is set to run in his fourth Melbourne Cup and a jockey has been booked to ride him.
The mission has been completed before but Barbie’s Fox will need everything to go her way after a shocking draw for Saturday’s Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes at Flemington.
After missing the Cox Plate and Caulfield Cup, Nash Rawiller can put the untimely suspension behind him with some top rides on Golden Eagle day.
Betting turnover in the World Pool on the Cox Plate reached $HK59.95 million ($AUD12.10 million) — the best for an Australian race this year.
Mother Nature has left the preparation of the Flemington track in course manager Liam O’Keeffe’s hands for Saturday’s Victoria Derby and Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup days.
Here are the fields for Victoria Derby Day – one of Australia’s great race meetings.
Jockey Ben Thompson has recently become a father and now he has an unexpected shot at 2023 Melbourne Cup glory.
It’s been 15 years since Clare Lindop’s famous win in the Victoria Derby aboard a $101 roughie, and her memories reveal how far the sport has changed for female riders.
Jamie Kah has switched to another lightweight chance in the Melbourne Cup with her Caulfield Cup mount no certainty to run.
Here is our form assessment of the 20 Golden Eagle runners and tips for Saturday’s $10 million race at Rosehill.
A much improved performance in Sydney last Saturday could have $10m mare Alcohol Free ready to produce her best in the Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes.
Makybe Diva stands alone as a three-time winner of the Melbourne Cup and her legendary jockey Glen Boss says he’d be surprised to see it ever happen again in the great race.
Romantic Warrior has won the Cox Plate and his Hong Kong followers now know what the great weight-for-age race is all about, quite simply there’s nothing like it!
Victoria Racing Club enlisted racing, sports and media personalities to lace up the boots and raise money for the Royal Children’s Hospital.
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