Kris Lees didn’t win the Melbourne Cup but there is no way he is going to be a loser out of the race. Lees had the second favourite, Lucia Valentina, in Tuesday’s $6.2 million race but the mare couldn’t reproduce the form she showed in her Caulfield Cup placing. Instead,… Read More »
Germany has celebrated its first Melbourne Cup triumph but Japan’s challenge ended in heartbreak. As the German-trained Protectionist romped away to a four-length victory a stricken Admire Rakti, the pre-race favourite, trailed in a long last. Minutes later the seven-year-old from Japan collapsed and died in his stall. The drama… Read More »
Apprentice Taylor Marshall’s goal is to follow in his father’s footsteps, and he’s got some big shoes to fill. The son of Melbourne Cup-winning jockey John Marshall, the 21-year-old said that to ride in Australia’s greatest race would be “the pinnacle” of his career. Marshall was four when his dad… Read More »
A windy Cup day at Randwick sent fascinators flying and gave some of the men a free blow-wave. More than 23,000 racegoers ditched work and headed to Randwick to watch the local races, and especially the Cup. A roar erupted from the betting auditorium as the gates opened and the… Read More »
Protectionist has won the Melbourne Cup, completing an international clean sweep of Australia’s richest spring races. In beating a brave Red Cadeaux and Who Shot Thebarman, Protectionist delivered the first Melbourne Cup win for Germany. He becomes the fifth northern hemisphere-trained horse to win the race since Vintage Crop scored… Read More »
Red Cadeaux’s historic Melbourne Cup bid had a familiar ending as trainer Ed Dunlop waited in the runner’s up stall. In his fourth appearance in Australia’s most famous race, a record for a horse trained in the northern hemisphere, Red Cadeaux finished second for the third time. “What a horse,… Read More »
Melbourne Cup runner Araldo injured himself after the race when he was spooked by a racegoer waving a flag. The Mike Moroney-trained stallion was returning to scale after running a fast-finishing seventh behind Protectionist. Startled by the flag, he kicked out and struck a fence, injuring his right hind leg…. Read More »
He might have come third, but New Zealand-owned Who Shot Thebarman broke records when it came to how much New Zealanders bet on this year’s Melbourne Cup. The NZ TAB says its $10 million turnover on Tuesday was $1m higher than the previous Cup. The race that stops two nations… Read More »
Favourite Admire Rakti collapsed and died after the Melbourne Cup, adding a sad postscript to Australia’s greatest race. As the connections of Protectionist celebrated Germany’s first victory in the Cup, Admire Rakti trailed in more than 200 metres behind him, clearly distressed. The Japanese stallion was trying to match a… Read More »
What the jockeys said after the $6.2 million Melbourne Cup. Ryan Moore (Protectionist) 1st: “Obviously it’s very special. He’s won very easy like a very good horse. They went a strong pace. There was a lot of speed early on, and I was struggling for position, so I dropped back… Read More »
Australia’s most famous race has become one of the world’s most popular with the Melbourne Cup trending in three countries on social media. Won by German horse Protectionist and ridden by English jockey Ryan Moore, Australia’s most famous race also reached a worldwide audience on twitter. The race trended in… Read More »
Melbourne Cup favourite Admire Rakti has died after finishing last in the race. Admire Rakti, which won the Caulfield Cup in brilliant style last month, raced near the lead for most of the 3200-metre journey. As it rounded the final bend the horse was clearly under pressure and dropped back… Read More »
Melbourne Cup favourite Admire Rakti has died after finishing last in the race. MORE
Protectionist has won the Melbourne Cup, completing an international clean sweep of Australia’s richest spring races. In beating a brave Red Cadeaux and Who Shot Thebarman, Protectionist delivered the first Melbourne Cup win for Germany. He becomes the fifth northern hemisphere-trained horse to win the race since Vintage Crop scored… Read More »
A frustrating spring sequence of second placings has ended for trainer Tony Gollan on the biggest stage of all with Hijack Hussy’s win at Flemington. Brisbane’s premier trainer, best known for his success with sprinters, did not have a Melbourne Cup runner on Tuesday but was excited to be able… Read More »
Tony McEvoy prepared Risen From Doubt to win at Flemington on Tuesday but the trainer was still pondering what might have been after Big Memory missed a Melbourne Cup start. Big Memory was just outside the final field of 24 for Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup after acceptances. Two scratchings reduced the… Read More »
Chris Munce has celebrated the 16th anniversary of his Melbourne Cup win on Jezabeel with a clever victory at Doomben on Tuesday. Munce gave his younger rivals a riding lesson when he steered Black Ninja ($4.40) to an easy win in the Novotel Brisbane Airport Hcp (2200m). Tuesday’s 2240m race… Read More »
There’s plenty of silliness before things get serious on Melbourne Cup day. Ninja Turtles, superheroes and sumo wrestlers are jostling with thousands of colourfully dressed punters on the lawn at Flemington racecourse. Warm weather has drawn an estimated 100,000 people to the track for the $6.2 million race. There are… Read More »
Jockey Tommy Berry had two Melbourne Cup rides fall by the wayside but he was delighted to come home a winner aboard General Groove in the Lavazza Short Black. Berry was booked to ride long-time Cup favourite The Offer before it was withdrawn last week. He then secured the ride… Read More »
Thirty-one years after he won the Melbourne Cup on Kiwi, Jim Cassidy is still making his mark on Australian racing’s biggest day. And while he might be an elder statesman of the jockeys’ room, Cassidy’s renowned strength in a finish hasn’t diminished as he drove Grand Marshal to victory in… Read More »
