#Adelaide Cup

The year's biggest races are here again and as usual it's a tantalising puzzle, as the best horses from Australia and some of the best stayers from Europe descend on Melbourne. To hopefully help you find your way through the puzzle, here's five horses to follow this spring. Kayo is your ticket to the best sport streaming Live & On-Demand. New to…

VICTORIANS celebrated a Group 3 double at Angle Park on Thursday night, as Yahiro Bale produced an incredible come-from-behind performance to win the South Australian Oaks and Deadly Class claimed a thrilling victory in the SA Derby. Yahiro Bale (Box 5) started $2.50 favourite in the Oaks after a dominant 30.42sec heat victory; however, Daniel…

The challenge of having a profitable punt on the Melbourne Cup is never an easy one, but Daily Mail Australia readers were given a shortcut in the form preview which tipped the first and second finishers among four horses worth a bet. Gold Trip won only the second race of his life to take out the big race at odds of 20/1 while Emissary ran second…

For the millions of Australians planning to have a bet on the Melbourne Cup, the best advice is not to look down at a form guide but to glance up at the skies. The weather is set to be a key factor in the running of this year's great race, with grim forecasts of rain and even hail across Melbourne on race day. The wild weather will do more than…

Gin Martini is the Ladbrokes.com.au favourite for one of the blacktype races at Caulfield on Saturday, the Sandown Cup (3200m). The John Sargent trained mare was far from disgraced two weeks ago in The Beauford at Newcastle and despite being unknown at two miles, she is pretty much the lone in form horse engaged. She heads betting at $3.60. Team…

Verry Elleegant co-owner Ozzie Kheir has Interpretation in the Cup We'll keep adding to this as more quotes become available leading up to the Melbourne Cup. 1. Gold Trip - owner Noel Greenhalgh "The horse basically had a barrier trial in the Cox Plate, we got no luck. "It doesn't look like the strongest Melbourne Cup field you have ever seen. "But…

Trainer James Ponsonby participated in the inaugural The Little Dance with the luckless Phillipsburg and is now intent on having the first horse picked for the second annual The Big Dance via Sunday's Taree Cup. Ponsonby has former Group 1 competitor Socrates in career-best form ahead of Sunday's Taree Cup which doubles as a qualifier for the next…

Daqiansweet Junior has a new rider in the Sydney Cup. Picture: Scott Barbour-Racing Photos via Getty Images Star jockey Kerrin McEvoy has swiftly picked up a replacement ride aboard Daqiansweet Junior in the $2m Sydney Cup after Edward Cummings elected to head to the Queen Elizabeth Stakes with Duais. McEvoy's manager Bryan Haskins confirmed on…

The winter carnival reaches its zenith with Stradbroke day at Eagle Farm and with the track playing fairly all horses will get their chance. Recent history shows that with the rail out four metres they can come from anywhere to win but on big days staying with top riders and trainers is usually profitable. Race 1- Oxlade Stakes (Two-Years-Old…

The spacious Flemington racecourse is a mere postage stamp compared to the place trainer Phillip Stokes spent his childhood. Flemington sprawls over more than 140ha of Crown land in Melbourne's mostly cool climate where the worst that can happen is a drenching from a passing shower. Stokes grew up in one of the world's toughest environments, a…

The latest running of one of the world's iconic handicaps, the Melbourne Cup at Flemington Racecourse, takes place in the early hours of Tuesday (4am, UK time). Twenty-four runners go to post for the Group 1 handicap over two miles, which was first run in 1861. European runners have dominated the race in recent years, but tough new vetting…

The Chris Waller numbers continue to astound as the master trainer fell just short of $50m in prizemoney with 352 winners while the Wizard of the West headed east to put his wares on show landing 189 winners to be the most prolific jockey in the land. James McDonald kisses the Melbourne Cup. Picture: Quinn Rooney-Getty Images THE NATIONAL HONOUR…

Let's get the honesty session out of the way early. This is not a vintage Turnbull Stakes, and in truth is probably the most ordinary rendition this century. But it's still a Group 1 race, it's attracted a full field, and with many competing formlines it makes for a compelling betting race. The set weights and penalties format of the Turnbull also…

The Bart Cummings (2510m) this Saturday at Flemington looks an absolute lottery on paper and that is reflected in the Ladbrokes.com.au market. Heading it is Interpretation, who has been a long range speck for the Melbourne Cup, and with the winner of this race getting ballot exemption for the first Tuesday in November, he is the one that is…

Dahar (USA) - Great Verdict (USA) - 1989 It is with much sadness that we report the passing of our grand stayer Daacha, aged 33 years. Winner of the 1995 Sydney Cup, Group 13200m and the VRC Duke of Norfolk Stakes, Listed 3200m, he was placed in numerous group and listed staying races including at WFA. He contested staying races in many states…

The Parks track at Morphettville will play host to a nine race card on Saturday. The weather is fine, the track is soft (5) and the rail is out six metres for the entire circuit. WATCH LIVE RACING AT tab * Above offers may only be available to select customers.Back Me 4 Party Princess (Bet Now: $SP.00) is a filly I have time for. Macdonald/Gluyas…