Jockeys, trainers back Melbourne Cup weights shake up
Racing Victoria has made a big change to the Melbourne Cup and Caulfield Cup that will ensure our best jockeys can be involved in the two spring majors.
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Nikau Spur’s owner dares to dream of Melbourne Cup
Nikau Spur’s part-owner Grant Goodrum is dreaming big as he targets the famous Melbourne Cup race for his “genuine stayer”.
‘I’ll be clear, it’s not good enough’: Rogers’ plan to future-proof VRC
The Melbourne Cup is an easy sell, but the Victoria Racing Club has also relied on the annual carnival for too long as its primary source of annual income. Under new CEO Kylie Rogers, that’s about to change.
Melbourne Cup champ injured, out of All-Star Mile
Melbourne Cup champion Knight’s Choice will miss this week’s $2.5 million Group 1 All-Star Mile after suffering bruising to his fetlock.
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Racing rocked as Melbourne Cup winner dies
The horse racing industry is in mourning after a popular trainer who won the 2000 Melbourne Cup sadly passed away.
‘We won’t let them struggle’: Owners back Cup-winning trainers ahead of legal fight
The majority owner of Melbourne Cup champion Knight’s Choice is willing to offer the cult horse’s “stressed out” trainers a loan to help them get through a messy legal dispute with Racing Victoria.
Cup bombshell as payout goes missing
The fairtyale 2024 Melbourne Cup winner is headed to the courts with the trainers lodging legal action over prize money that went up in smoke.
Explosive Melbourne Cup court action: Trainers to sue Racing Victoria
The 2024 Melbourne Cup fairytale of $91 roughie Knight’s Choice is headed to the courts with the trainers lodging legal action against Racing Victoria to demand their prizemoney from winning the famous race.
EXCLUSIVE: Cup-winning trainers dudded in $464,000 prizemoney payment bungle
The fairytale Melbourne Cup win by Knight’s Choice has taken yet another turn, with trainers John Symons and Shiela Laxon still chasing their near half-a-million dollar share of the winnings in an incredible administrative bungle.
Lloyd Williams reveals retirement of grand Cups warrior
A grand campaigner who raced in two Melbourne Cups for Lloyd Williams has run his last race, the high profile owner has confirmed.
Grand plan for Melbourne Cup start looms after Bagot win
The completion of the perfect plan has led to Melbourne Cup thoughts after Wednesday’s Bagot Handicap at Flemington.
’He vetted okay’: No final call on Vow And Declare
The managing owner of Vow And Declare has addressed speculation around the Melbourne Cup champion in the wake of his last-placing in Saturday’s Pakenham Cup.
Zahra: Without A Fight ‘very hard to beat’ in Group 1 return
Big race jockey Mark Zahra has declared comeback Cups champion Without A Fight “back to where he was” ahead of the Group 1 Hong Kong Vase (2400m) on Sunday at Sha Tin.
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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