#Admire Rakti

If a picture paints a thousand words, as the old adage goes, the floods of images emerging from Australia's greatest race on Tuesday have compiled a masterpiece of literature. Michelle Payne may have told her detractors to "get stuffed", but [Gerald] Mosse's emotional display should be seen as a similar slap in the face to the anti-racing lobby For…

Verry Elleegant has won the Melbourne Cup to give trainer Chris Waller his first ever Cup victory after Kiwi jockey James McDonald piloted the horse to a perfect position before she exploded down the final straight to blow the field away. Verry Elleegant was positioned perfectly to make her run down the straight past the grandstand, shooting past…

Japan has claimed a second Caulfield Cup victory in five years with Mer De Glace overcoming a slow start to win in the $5 million race. Like Admire Rakti who won for Tomoyuki Umeda in 2014, Mer De Glace settled back in the field before circling his rivals to score a soft win. Under Damian Lane, Mr De Glace ($8) scored by a length from Vow And…

IT'S not the race that stops the nation. It's the other one. When Saturday comes it will bring in its duffel bag the time-honoured Caulfield Cup, which will be honoured for the 139th time at triangular eastern Melbourne racecourse, Caulfield. It's not the biggest thing on the Australian racing calendar but it is the major lead-up to it - that one,…

Caulfield Cup 2021 - Odds, betting, tips, and more This article is in partnership with Neds. The Caulfield Cup is one of the major horse racing events held in Melbourne each year as part of the racing spring carnival. Taking place at Caulfield racecourse in October, the prize money of this lucrative 2400-metre handicap race is a whopping $5…