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Prince Of Arran set to return for 2020 Cup

Tuesday 5 November 2019, 5:45pm

The Melbourne Cup will be the main aim again for English stayer Prince Of Arran in 2020 after placing in the race for the second straight year at Flemington.  Read more »

Melbourne Cup runner taken to vet clinic

Tuesday 5 November 2019, 5:30pm

Rostropovich has been taken to a veterinary clinic after finishing last of the 24 runners in the Melbourne Cup.  Read more »

Craig Williams' path to elusive Cup win

Tuesday 5 November 2019, 5:14pm

Champion jockey Craig Williams' 2019 Melbourne Cup win aboard Australian-trained Vow And Declare has been more than 25 years in the making.  Read more »

Vow And Declare's journey into Cup history

Tuesday 5 November 2019, 4:56pm

Melbourne Cup winner Vow And Declare, trained by Danny O'Brien and ridden by Craig Williams, has won the Melbourne Cup at his 13th start.  Read more »

Mer De Glace 'massive' in Cup defeat: Lane

Tuesday 5 November 2019, 4:35pm

Damian Lane believes a Melbourne Cup chance might have gone begging after Mer De Glace finished sixth after over-racing in the 3200m race.  Read more »

What the 2019 Melbourne Cup jockeys said

Tuesday 5 November 2019, 4:29pm

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

Finishing order for the 2019 Melbourne Cup

Tuesday 5 November 2019, 4:05pm

Where your horse finished in the 2019 Melbourne Cup.  Read more »

Teleplay scores again on Melbourne Cup day

Tuesday 5 November 2019, 2:54pm

Teleplay has returned to winning form on Melbourne Cup day, landing a second stakes race success in the Group Three Jim Beam Stakes.  Read more »

Garner caps campaign with Flemington win

Tuesday 5 November 2019, 2:28pm

The Gordon Richards-trained three-year-old Garner has made it three wins from six starts in his first campaign, sprinting to victory over 1000m at Flemington.  Read more »

Shared Ambition underlines staying promise

Tuesday 5 November 2019, 1:36pm

Chris Waller may have found his Melbourne Cup horse for next year after Shared Ambition maintained his unbeaten record in Australia.  Read more »

Sure Knee calms Waller's nerves on Cup day

Tuesday 5 November 2019, 1:25pm

Carrying the all-cerise colours of the Ingham family, Sure Knee has taken out the TAB Trophy at Flemington on Cup day.  Read more »

Bravo Tango delivers Freedman Cup day win

Tuesday 5 November 2019, 12:52pm

Mitch Freedman admits Bravo Tango has been a frustrating horse but the gelding has delivered the trainer a satisfying win on Melbourne Cup day at Flemington.  Read more »

Stewards adjourn Jamaican Rain inquiry

Tuesday 5 November 2019, 12:13pm

Stewards have adjourned an inquiry into an alleged race day treatment of Jamaican Rain who was a late scratching from a race at Flemington because of lameness.  Read more »

Hayes stable strikes early blow on Cup day

Tuesday 5 November 2019, 12:00pm

Debutant Aryaaf has given trainers David and Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig a winning start to Melbourne Cup day at Flemington.  Read more »

Silent Sovereign presses on to VRC Oaks

Tuesday 5 November 2019, 11:05am

Tony McEvoy is pressing on to the VRC Oaks with Silent Sovereign after her sixth in the Wakeful Stakes and he is hopeful the filly can figure over 2500m.  Read more »

Full field of 24 for Melbourne Cup

Tuesday 5 November 2019, 8:56am

There are no Melbourne Cup scratchings with a full field of 24 to go to the gates for the 3200m-race at Flemington on a soft track.  Read more »

The last word ahead of the Melbourne Cup

Monday 4 November 2019, 7:11pm

What the connections are saying ahead of the Melbourne Cup at Flemington.  Read more »

Cup punters warm to Waller stayer Finche

Monday 4 November 2019, 6:55pm

Finche appears set to start the Melbourne Cup favourite with punters rallying behind the Chris Waller-trained import.  Read more »

Lane chasing history at Flemington in Cup

Monday 4 November 2019, 6:21pm

Jockey Damian Lane has won the Golden Slipper, Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate in 2019 and has the chance to add the Melbourne Cup aboard Mer De Glace.  Read more »

Brett Prebble bids for second Cup victory

Monday 4 November 2019, 6:10pm

Brett Prebble already has a Melbourne Cup success on Green Moon and is chasing his second on the Anthony Freedman-trained Steel Prince.  Read more »