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Punters scale back bets on Melbourne Cup

Tuesday 5 November 2013, 7:38pm

One punter won a lotto-like divident on the Melbourne Cup, but for many others it was a race too close to call.  Read more »

Cup win overshadows colourful race careers

Tuesday 5 November 2013, 7:37pm

The Melbourne Cup win of Fiorente focussed attention on the colourful background of trainer Gai Waterhouse and jockey Damien Oliver.  Read more »

Green Moon lame after Melb Cup

Tuesday 5 November 2013, 7:12pm

Green Moon, who has finished near the tail of the field in his Melbourne Cup defence, has pulled up lame.  Read more »

Damien Oliver wins his third Melbourne Cup

Tuesday 5 November 2013, 6:38pm

Damien Oliver has steered Fiorente to a Melbourne Cup victory that has put the seal on his comeback to racing after a long ban.  Read more »

Tragedy mars Cup for French

Tuesday 5 November 2013, 6:23pm

French jockey Christophe Lemaire had hoped to win his second Melbourne Cup but the race ended in sadness when his mount Verema suffered a fatal injury.  Read more »

Gai Waterhouse now a Cup winning trainer

Tuesday 5 November 2013, 6:14pm

No title has been harder earned for Gai Waterhouse than that of Melbourne Cup-winning trainer.  Read more »

Chief steward praises clean Cup

Tuesday 5 November 2013, 5:57pm

Racing Victoria chief steward Terry Bailey says this year's Melbourne Cup has been the cleanest he has seen during his time in the top job.  Read more »

French tragedy unfolds in Melbourne Cup

Tuesday 5 November 2013, 5:49pm

The death of the French mare Verema cast a pall over the Melbourne Cup.  Read more »

Oliver caps Cup day with another winner

Tuesday 5 November 2013, 5:44pm

Damien Oliver has continued his winning momentum with a victory in a support race at Flemington to add to his Melbourne Cup triumph.  Read more »

Dunlop proud of Red Cadeaux's Cup second

Tuesday 5 November 2013, 5:28pm

Trainer Ed Dunlop hasn't ruled out a fourth attempt at the Melbourne Cup for veteran Red Cadeaux who has finished runner-up for the second time.  Read more »

What the jockeys said: Melbourne Cup

Tuesday 5 November 2013, 5:08pm

What the jockeys said after the Melbourne Cup.  Read more »

Randwick punters warmed by Cup win for Gai

Tuesday 5 November 2013, 5:08pm

Randwick trainer Gai Waterhouse has warmed an otherwise unseasonably cool spring day in Sydney by winning her first Melbourne Cup.  Read more »

Melbourne Cup triumph for English

Tuesday 5 November 2013, 4:36pm

English horse Fiorente has won the Melbourne Cup for Australia's best-known trainer Gai Waterhouse and Melbourne jockey Damien Oliver.  Read more »

Mount Athos owner declares he'll be back

Tuesday 5 November 2013, 4:27pm

The owner of Mount Athos has vowed to return for another shot at the Melbourne Cup after his horse finished third to Fiorente at Flemington.  Read more »

Kiwis bet $NZ9.3 million on Melbourne Cup

Tuesday 5 November 2013, 4:21pm

New Zealanders bet $NZ9.3 million on the Melbourne Cup, but it could have been more had there not been a glitch on the TAB's website before the race.  Read more »

Melbourne Cup a race too far for Ruscello

Tuesday 5 November 2013, 4:17pm

It was too much to ask Ruscello to run in the Melbourne Cup just three days after winning the Group Threee Lexus Stakes, said his trainer Ed Walker.  Read more »

Red-letter day for Gai Waterhouse in Cup

Tuesday 5 November 2013, 3:06pm

Gai Waterhouse has won her first Melbourne Cup with a horse she went to England to find to fulfil her dream.  Read more »

Double for Darley on Cup day

Tuesday 5 November 2013, 2:39pm

Moderate has brought up a double for Sheikh Mohammed's Darley Australia on Melbourne Cup day at Flemington.  Read more »

Rawiller bounces back after saddle slip

Tuesday 5 November 2013, 2:15pm

A slipped saddle resulted in a torrid ride for Nash Rawiller early on the Cup day program but he rebounded in style to post a win shortly after.  Read more »

Plucky Belle wins for Moody and Nolen

Tuesday 5 November 2013, 1:40pm

Plucky Belle has defeated favourite Arinosa in a Group Three race at Flemington, giving trainer Peter Moody and jockey Luke Nolen an overdue win.  Read more »