The Melbourne Cup returns to Flemington on Tuesday, 5 November as the so-called ‘Race that stops a nation’ is run for the 164th time. This 3,200m, Group 1 thoroughbred feature makes up part of ...

THIS time last year she won the Melbourne Cup on Prince Of Penzance. Now read who Michelle Payne is tipping for this year’s race. Go back to the replay of last year’s Cup. There was a lot of ...

The patriotic punters will be lining up to support Jamie Melham and Half Yours in Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup. The Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained Half Yours is the only Australian-bred horse in the field ...

Half Yours is favourite and one of the hardest to beat in the 2025 Melbourne Cup … but champion former jockeys Glen Boss and Damien Oliver think there’s better value to be found. When I was thinking ...

Why he can win: Ran third in this race last year and the Godolphin camp is confident he is looking for a trip now. He was considered the second best horse in Australia only behind Winx 12 months ago.

There’s another fascinating Melbourne Cup in prospect, with 24 runners tackling a Group 1 handicap (still a concept that has us Brits scratching our heads), with more than £2.25m going to the winner.

Melbourne Cup history-maker Jamie Melham achieved her lifelong dream this year but the champion jockey is striving for more ...