Allen was charged with careless riding at the 1100-metre mark and pleaded guilty to shifting in. He was suspended for 11 meetings, with his ban to start on November 11 and finish at midnight on ...

His knowledge showed early on Tuesday when speaking with Channel 9 racing host Eddie McGuire — and when interviewing winning ...

MELBOURNE, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Knight's Choice won the 164th running of the Melbourne Cup at Flemington Racecourse on Tuesday. The Reuters Daily Briefing newsletter provides all the news you need to ...

Champion jockey Mark Zahra, who rode the last two Melbourne Cup winners, has revealed what it's like riding in Australia's ...

Arwon was destined to win a Melbourne Cup. His name is Nowra spelt backwards, the home of the Cup’s first champion, Archer ...

Billy Slater has made a classy start to his Melbourne Cup debut as an on-horse interviewer. The NRL legend wowed fans on ...

The former Joseph O'Brien-trained Buckaroo and the Willie Mullins-trained Vauban are vying for favouritism for the race that ...

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 ...

Jockey Winona Costin has a long family association with the Melbourne Cup. One of four female jockeys riding in Australia’s ...

Star jockey Mark Zahra, winner of the past two Melbourne Cups, has given an insight into the rollercoaster of riding in the race that stops a nation.

Kah was riding with a suspected broken nose - after being knocked in the face ahead of an earlier race in the program.