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Jamie Kah aboard Albertville during gallops at Moonee Valley.

Why Jamie Kah is riding for Waller in the Melbourne Cup

Star jockey Jamie Kah has picked up a ride for champion trainer Chris Waller in Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup.

  • Damien Ractliffe

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John Elliott in his Collins Street office.

‘Properly Shakespearean’: John Elliott’s fall from grace came after greatness

John Elliott’s business career faded following his bankruptcy, but leading business figures say his contribution to Melbourne business life should not be so easily forgotten or dismissed.

  • Sarah Danckert and Daniel Brettig
Last year’s Melbourne Cup trophy.

No more than six foreign raiders in Cup as strict veterinary rules bite

Twilight Payment, Sir Dragonet and Verry Elleegant are all due to return to Melbourne to defend their Melbourne Cup, Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate crowns.

  • Michael Lynch
Lloyd and Nick Williams in 2016.

Cup winner Williams blasts Werribee, Racing Victoria processes as Twilight shines

Nick Williams, son of the Melbourne Cup’s most successful owner Lloyd Williams, has taken a fresh swipe at the Werribee quarantine centre.

  • Michael Lynch
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Gambling’s hold over our national identity has corrupted politics

Politicians use the myth that Australians “love a bet” to justify being captured by Crown Casino and gaming.

  • Tim Costello
Jim Cassidy and Jye McNeil.

A ride of might and power: legend hails McNeil's 'unbelievable' Cup performance

For the first time since 1997, a horse led the Melbourne Cup field out of the straight and was also first past the post a second time. It had one man smiling.

  • Adam Pengilly
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Lloyd Williams lifts his sixth Melbourne Cup after Rekindling's triumph in 2017, flanked by trainer Joseph O'Brien and jockey Corey Brown

End of an era for Cup as Williams prepares to shut Macedon Lodge

Trainers are circling six-time Melbourne Cup-winning owner Lloyd Williams as the businessman gets ready to close his Macedon Lodge training facility.

  • Chris Roots
Michael Walker was penalised for breaching the whip rule aboard second-placed Prince Of Arran after a thrilling finish to the Melbourne Cup.

'They need to be disqualified': Prince of Arran trainer's whip solution

The man who benefited most from Michael Walker's overuse of the whip in the Melbourne Cup has posed a radical alternative to the negative publicity.

  • Adam Pengilly
Jockey Michael Walker was fined $10,000 after the Melbourne Cup.

'It's taken its toll': Melbourne Cup jockey abused over whip breach

Michael Walker has apologised after receiving one of the largest fines in the race's history for using the whip on runner-up Prince Of Arran to excess.

  • Adam Pengilly
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Race that stumps the nation: Formula to find a Melbourne Cup winner

Over more than 150 years of Melbourne Cup history, certain trends have emerged to help you select one of the 24 runners on the first Tuesday in November.

  • Adam Pengilly

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