Jockey Jye McNeil’s brave run on winner Twilight Payment set up some staggering results for punters — in a nightmare result for at least one corporate bookmaker. One TAB customer pulled off the ...

We can’t be trackside or watching with colleagues - but you can still keep the sweep tradition going with our 2020 Melbourne Cup sweep poster. DOWNLOAD AND PRINT HERE. The Townsville Bulletin is your ...

For Michelle and Stevie Payne, it was a case of history repeating when Jamie Kah’s horse Prince Of Arran drew barrier one in the Melbourne Cup, and she will be cheering for the English raider. Five ...

The Melbourne Cup began in 1861 and has since become Australia's most iconic horse race. Over the years, it has produced incredible moments and records. Here's a look at some of the key facts, stats, ...

There were O’Briens aplenty at the end of last year’s Cup. The Danny O’Brien-trained Vow And Declare was first over the line ahead of Joseph O’Brien’s runner Master Of Reality while his father Aidan O ...

MELBOURNE, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Australia's Melbourne Cup has drawn a crowd for over 150 years but next week's running will be a subdued affair with social distancing rules robbing "the race that stops ...

Former Melbourne Cup warrior Red Cadeaux became a favourite Down Under, now trainer Charlie Fellowes says his Prince Of Arran can pick up that baton and run with it in our most famous race. Aussies ...

The race that stops the nation — the seventh race of the day at Flemington — will be run at 3pm AEDT. For those keeping track of the action but not in Victoria, NSW, Tasmania or the ACT, that ...

Animal activists have raged against the Melbourne Cup, erupting in chants of “cruel, barbaric and outdated” outside a Brisbane racecourse. The protest comes just a day after members of People for the ...

Good friends of the Melhams, Ethan Brown and Celine Gaudray, who got engaged earlier in the year, will make their Cup debut ...

Gai Waterhouse came out swinging against a media report which claimed NSW trainers had called for Victorian management of the Melbourne Cup to be changed. The Sydney Morning Herald reported the NSW ...