Australia’s most celebrated race, the 2024 Melbourne Cup, will take center stage on Tuesday afternoon at Flemington Racecourse. This esteemed 3200-meter handicap event offers a remarkable $8 million prize pool, attracting elite competitors from around the globe. Find all the key details here, including live-streaming options, a complete list of… Read More »
Young Ballarat-based trainer Dominic Sutton showed his prowess with stayers when Garachico took out the ‘second’ staying race on Melbourne Cup Day. The Australian Heritage Cup (2800m) at Flemington on Tuesday was the race Sutton had aimed Garachico at since taking over the gelding’s training earlier this year. Garachico ran third in… Read More »
Storm Boy appears to have run his last race in Australia with owners Coolmore announcing he will continue his career overseas. The high-class colt, who finished third as favourite in the Golden Slipper, will join the powerful Aidan O’Brien team at Ballydoyle with a view to competing in some of Euorpean racing’s… Read More »
Ben, Will and JD Hayes started Melbourne Cup Day with a career first when Tycoon Star lead home a stable trifecta in the $200,000 Maribyrnong Plate. The Lindsay Park trainers produced the Written Tycoon colt to win the Group 3 event on debut, defeating stablemates Bacash and Shining Smile. It was not… Read More »
The 2024 Melbourne Cup, Australia’s most iconic race, takes place on Tuesday afternoon at Flemington Racecourse. This prestigious handicap event covers 3200 meters and boasts a prize pool of $8 million. Here’s where you can find all essential details about the Melbourne Cup, from live-streaming options and the full list… Read More »
The Final Field for the 2024 Melbourne Cup is through with only the one scratching in the race leaving 23 horses to take part in this years race that stops a nation. View the Melbourne Cup Odds and Barriers which will be run on Tuesday, 5 November 2024 at Flemington… Read More »
Star galloper Western Empire is set to use Saturday week’s Group 3 Colonel Reeves Stakes (1100m) as his key lead-up run to the Group 1 MCA Pollytrack-Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) on November 30. The Grant and Alana Williams-trained galloper won a 950m trial at Lark Hill earlier this morning, his second… Read More »
The 2024 Melbourne Cup, Australia’s most iconic race, takes place on Tuesday afternoon at Flemington Racecourse. This prestigious handicap event covers 3200 meters and boasts a prize pool of $8 million. Here’s where you can find all essential details about the Melbourne Cup, from live-streaming options and the full list… Read More »
Athabascan has been ruled out by RV vets from the Melbourne Cup. The Melbourne Cup field is down to 23 starters following the scratching of Athabascan following a Racing Victoria veterinary inspection. All 24 runners in the Melbourne Cup (3200m) on Tuesday underwent veterinary examinations on Monday, having undergone pre-acceptance inspections… Read More »
Melbourne Cup contender Athabascan has been withdrawn following veterinary advice due to cardiac arrhythmia. The John O’Shea and Tom Charlton-trained stayer, who had earlier claimed second in the Sydney Cup this year, underwent inspection on Friday as part of routine pre-race vet checks. “ECG reports and blood test results were… Read More »
Jet-setting jockey William Buick has ridden two winners of the Melbourne Cup, but not on the day they were successful. Buick is about to embark on his sixth ride in the Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on Tuesday and has labelled Irish galloper Vauban his best chance of winning the race. Vauban… Read More »
A call an hour before Sea King won the Bendigo Cup landed UK rider Hollie Doyle her second ride in the Melbourne Cup. Doyle jetted into Melbourne on Monday morning to partner the Harry Eustace-trained Sea King in the Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on Tuesday. It will be Doyle’s second time… Read More »
Ciaron Maher scored one of the most emotional wins of his career on Derby Day, but it would be taken to a new level if he can win Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup with one member of his stable in particular. The champion trainer has four runners in the Melbourne Cup 2024, including… Read More »
Jockey Winona Costin has a long family association with the Melbourne Cup. One of four female jockeys riding in Australia’s greatest race at Flemington on Tuesday, Costin is hoping to break the families ‘duck’ in the 3200m handicap. Costin’s great-grandfather on her father’s side Larry Wiggins rode Akbar into second place… Read More »
Chris Waller has watched with envy the adulation success in the Melbourne Cup provides the winning trainer. A winner of Australia’s most famous race, Waller had to remain in Sydney due to COVID lockdowns when Verry Elleegant won the race in 2021. This time around, the Waller team has five runners… Read More »
The team behind Warp Speed is optimistic about the Japanese stayer’s prospects in Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup, despite a disappointing performance in the Caulfield Cup. According to stable representative Kosi Kawakami, Warp Speed has been in good form since the race, and they’re confident a return to dry, fast-paced conditions will… Read More »
This year’s Melbourne Cup will see a record-breaking lineup of four female jockeys, with Hollie Doyle, Jamie Kah, Winona Costin, and Rachel King all riding in the iconic race. With a significant six female trainers represented as well, the 2024 Melbourne Cup will showcase the largest female presence the race… Read More »
A lesson learned 12 months earlier could reap rewards for trainer Joe Pride on Melbourne Cup Day at Randwick when Estadio Mestalla lines up in the Little Dance. The mile race is the understudy to the $3 million Big Dance (1600m) on the same program but with a total prizemoney purse… Read More »
The 2024 Melbourne Cup is the feature race held at Flemington on Tuesday afternoon. The Handicap race is run over 3200m and is worth $8,000,000 in prize money. Find out all the information on the Melbourne Cup below including how you can live stream the Melbourne Cup, the full field… Read More »
Successful in the day’s feature for South Australian trainer Andrew Gluyas aboard Goldrush Guru, Kah was brought to tears when she combined with Ciaron Maher to win aboard Another Wil in the colours of Colin McKenna who died last week, the result of a brain tumour. A whack in the face left… Read More »
