Emirates Melbourne Cup News

A group of 14 indigenous students from across regional Victoria have been treated to a private tour of Godolphin’s Flemington stables in the company of Darby McCarthy, who rode in five Melbourne Cups and is arguably Australia’s greatest indigenous jockey.

Significant prize money increases have been announced for Victorian racing, including boosts to the Melbourne Cup, Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate.

Early Melbourne Cup plans have been laid for classy UK stayer Magic Circle.

Heir To The Throne, the younger brother of Melbourne Cup winner Prince Of Penzance, has broken through for his first win in a maiden race at Hamilton.

Future Melbourne Cup form outlines the Race History of the 2018 South Australian Derby at Morphettville on Saturday.

Respected horseman Graham Salisbury, is well known for his community work with Melbourne Cup winner Subzero, is ill in a Victorian country hospital.

A very competitive Sydney Cup in prospect at Randwick this afternoon assembles a capacity field comprising local and overseas stayers headed in the weights by 2015 Melbourne Cup winner Almandin.

The 2016 Melbourne Cup winner Almandin has outlasted Ambitious and Who Shot Thebarman to take out the Tancred Stakes at Rosehill.

Kerrin McEvoy hopes to preserve his unbeaten record on Almandin, the horse he rode to victory in the 2016 Melbourne Cup, when they combine again at Rosehill.

Significant prize money increases have been announced for Victorian racing, highlighted by boosts to the Melbourne Cup, Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate.

Divanation, a daughter of triple Melbourne Cup winner Makybe Diva, has won a provincial maiden race at her first start.

Sin To Win has stayed on best over the Melbourne Cup course, scoring in the Listed Andrew Ramsden Stakes at Flemington.

A new deal will allow the UK's Sky Sports Racing to broadcast the Melbourne Cup carnival into 14 million homes in the Britain and Ireland.

Lachlan King, the son of Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Steven King, has won his first race at Flemington.

Three years after celebrating his 104th and final Group 1 win on Dissident in the All-Aged Stakes, legendary Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Jim Cassidy is preparing to pursue a new vocation – as a hip-swivelling, toe-tapping dancer.

The 2016 Melbourne Cup winner Almandin is favourite to add a Sydney Cup to his record when he runs under top weight of 57kg in the 3200m Group One at Randwick.

In such a strong staying performance, former Melbourne Cup winner Almandin got another G1 in the 2018 HE Tancred Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday.

Victorian horse racing’s Big Three - the Gr.1 Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200m), the Gr.1 Ladbrokes Cox Plate (2040m) and the Gr.1 Stella Artois Caulfield Cup (2400m) – will all carry record prize money this spring after hefty increases were announced by Racing Victoria on Friday.

Magic Circle's dominant win at Sandown has added the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot as a potential lead-up to the Melbourne Cup.

Champion stayer Poitrel, the 1920 Melbourne Cup winner with close historical ties to Moree, has been inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame – one of the Australian racing industry’s highest accolades.

The VRC has signed a long-term deal with Sky Sports Racing which will see it broadcast the Melbourne Cup Carnival exclusively in the UK and Ireland.

Japan’s Melbourne Cup winning jockey Yasunari Iwata got the better of Australian star Hugh Bowman in a photo finish to the $US2.6 million Tenno Sho Spring in Kyoto on Sunday.

The owners of remarkable veteran Who Shot Thebarman expect the rising 10-year-old to be set for next season’s Melbourne Cup.

The Flemington mounting yard will be better equipped to handle the 24 runners of the Melbourne Cup following an extension.

A Melbourne Cup winner leads the Tips and Race Preview for the 2018 HE Tancred Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday.