The Australia-trained gelding Knight's Choice has won the US$5.6 million Melbourne Cup, Australia's premier horse race at ...

The Melbourne Cup will see 24 jockeys and horses vie for the most famous prize in Australian horse racing. With the race ...

Australian racing fans and casual punters are gearing up for 'the race that stops the nation' - the Melbourne Cup.

Racing Victoria (RV) vets were slammed by several trainers in the lead-up to the Melbourne Cup after four horses were ruled ...

New Zealand Melbourne Cup hopeful Mahrajaan has been pulled from the race following a scan failure, as Racing Victoria ...

Anti-racing protesters and animal rights advocates are optimistic the tide has permanently turned against horse racing and ...

Nine years after trailblazer Michelle Payne became the first woman to ride a Melbourne Cup winner, a record contingent of four female jockeys will attempt to become the second to claim Australia's ...

"He was a popular horse in that first season ... Knight's Choice's connections said they were always confident that he'd get ...

Melbourne Cup contender Athabascan has been withdrawn following veterinary advice due to cardiac arrhythmia. The John O’Shea ...

AGAINST: Turned in a shocker last start in the Moonee Valley Cup (2500m). He led like he did in The Bart Cummings, but then ...

Gilbert Gardiner examines Racing Victoria's Melbourne Cup veterinary protocols, explaining how technology is used to identify horses at a heightened risk of injury.