Former jockey turned trainer Peter Mertens has died after a long illness.

Coolmore Stud won’t have to look far to find a young replacement for Encosta De Lago following the retirement from active service of the former Australian champion sire.

Illo and Precedence will be out to give master trainer Bart Cummings his 14th Australian Cup, 44 years since he won his first with Arctic Coast in 1968.

Is the Mackinnon Stks the race it once was from a Melbourne Cup point of view?

Is the Mackinnon Stks the race it once was from a Melbourne Cup point of view?