#Melbourne Cup Day

Trainer Grahame Begg has three strong chances at Flemington on Saturday. Picture: Brett Holburt-Racing Photos Bookmakers rate trainer Grahame Begg a good chance of taking out Saturday's Group 3 Standish Handicap (1200m) trophy at Flemington but it's not clear-cut which of his runners could be the winner. The Cranbourne based conditioner heads to…

Maximum Security, the colt disqualified from victory in the Kentucky Derby, returns to the winner's circle Saturday at Belmont Park. Photo courtesy of New York Racing Association Oct. 28 (UPI) -- It was a very good weekend of horse racing for Japan as Lys Gracieux landed the Group 1 Cox Plate in Australia and Almond Eye returned to her dominant…

Almost two months on from the incident, Victoria Police are continuing to search for a vandal who poured litres of sludge onto Flemington race track on Melbourne Cup Day. On November 1 around 6am, offenders are believed to have broken into the facility and made their way onto the track. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Vandal dumps'oily sludge' on Flemington…

Race 10: The John O'Shea-trained Quantico has stamped himself as a real star of the future with a slashing victory in the Listed MSS Security Sprint (1200m). Winner at five of his first nine starts at home in Sydney, the five-year-old son of I Am Invincible savaged the line to score comprehensively at his first experience up the straight. The…

The 2021 Melbourne Cup is the feature race held at Flemington on Tuesday afternoon. The Handicap race is run over 3200m and is worth $8000000 in prize money. Find out all the information on the Melbourne Cup below including how you can live stream the Melbourne Cup, the full field and barriers and how to get the best odds on the race. The 2021…

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…

The Melbourne Cup is one of the most prestigious horse races in the world, and if you're a fan, you'll want to know how to watch it live online from anywhere. Whether you're traveling or just can't get to a TV, we've got you covered with all the information you need. Keep reading for step-by-step instructions on how to stream the 2022 Melbourne Cup…

The Melbourne Cup is gearing up for its full-blown return on Tuesday following two years of heavy restrictions and capped crowds. Whether you're headed to the racecourse, hosting your own event, or just want to be in the know, see below for your guide to everything you need to know to enjoy the big day of racing. Like every year, the Melbourne Cup…

New online bookmaker Betr has certainly made a splash since opening last week and they are looking to continue that this weekend with a stack of promotions across races at Moonee Valley and Randwick. BET BETR 🏇: They are offering double bonus cash back up to $100 across the programs at both Moonee Valley and Randwick on Saturday. The Moonee Valley…

If like many you fancied a flutter on Melbourne Cup day, you're either kicking yourself or revelling in the festivities. Gold Trip won the big race and was a sensible pick at $15 with TAB and took the lead with more than 300m to run before Emissary looked to be making a challenge of it with 150m to go. Deauville Legend was the overwhelming…

It's September and for fashion icons and eager punters it means one thing - the start of Spring Racing season. On Wednesday, Victoria Racing Club headed to Sydney to celebrate the new season, announcing Christian Wilkins as its new ambassador, in huge news for the social scene favourite. Christian, who arrived at the event with his father,…

Tips and best bets for racing around the country on Melbourne Cup day, including Flemington, Royal Randwick, Eagle Farm, Morphettville and Ascot on Tuesday, November 2. - Flemington preview and tips, Melbourne Cup day - Melbourne Cup runner-by-runner preview, tips and betting strategy - Eagle Farm preview and tips, Melbourne Cup day MELBOURNE CUP…

One Christchurch punter was an incredibly lucky winner on Melbourne Cup day, receiving the biggest ever racing payout from the TAB and quickly becoming a millionaire. The man placed the bet at his neighbourhood branch in Bishopdale, earning $1.16 million from one of his four $30 stakes. His combination of first four bets was bang on, with Twilight…

Harry Coffey piloting Detonator Jack in his debut win at Bendigo last March. Picture: Racing Photos via Getty Images Detonator Jack has been backed to the exclusion of all others in Saturday's 1600m Benchmark 100 at Sandown. Sustained support for the untapped galloper has TAB holding six times more on Detonator Jack compared to $3.10 second…

Two horses are under Melbourne Cup eve scrutiny as a mare who has beaten the odds to race again emerged as the best chance of keeping one of sport's most iconic trophies on Australian soil. Lunar Flare and Interpretation will face additional veterinary inspections only hours out from the $8 million race. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Bleak weather in…

Australian bookmaker PlayUp is giving customers up to $50 back in bonus bets on races 1-5 at Randwick and Flemington on Melbourne Cup Day. This promotion is among the best offers available on Melbourne Cup Day 2022 and has the potential to keep punters in the game for longer. To take advantage of the offer all you need to do is place a win bet on…

As the Melbourne Cup went ahead in soggy weather today, wet conditions have washed out country race meets across Victoria. Several country race meets have been cancelled over the Spring Racing Carnival Wet weather and soggy tracks are being blamed for the abandoned events Community leaders say the cancellations are an economic blow to the towns…

Gold Trip has stormed home to win the 2022 Melbourne Cup at Flemington in a gut-busting, furious sprint to the finish line with jockey Mark Zahra delivering a hilarious X-rated spray at his rival jockeys as he crossed the line. The Ciaron Maher and David Eustace-trained import ran a close second at the Caulfield Cup and went one better to claim…

The 2022 Melbourne Cup is the feature race held at Flemington on Tuesday afternoon. The Handicap race is run over 3200m and is worth $8000000 in prize money. Find out all the information on the Melbourne Cup below including how you can live stream the Melbourne Cup, the full field and barriers and how to get the best odds on the race. The 2022…

Daily Telegraph form analyst Shayne O'Cass gives his best bets and runs the rule over the Quaddie legs at Beaumont and Murwillumbah. The Form: Complete NSW Racing thoroughbred form, including video replays and all you need to know about every horse, jockey and trainer. Find a winner here! BEST BET Race 3, No.5: BONJOUR RUPERT Came from a mile back…

Two of Australia's biggest racing websites - Racenet and Punters - have recorded their best spring carnival in history. During the 11-week carnival, which ran from late August until Champions Day on November 5, both websites had a combined audience of 5.1 million for a total of 73 million page views. On Melbourne Cup day, both websites topped 1…

We start with a Heat of the Rising Star, and love the placement here of consistent home track mare 3. Miss Elsie May who drops a little in distance three weeks between runs. Hasn't missed a place in her last six, including a barrier-to-box class 2 win three starts ago, and she draws to roll forward and lead or sit just behind and off the fence. At…

Racing heads to the Riverina on Monday afternoon with an eight-race program set for Wagga Wagga on the Riverside surface. The track is listed as a Good 4, however, with plenty of rain around the region we're likely to be racing closer to the soft range come race-day. The rail is in the true position for the meeting as racing gets underway at 1:15pm…

All you need to know about Melbourne Cup betting This is a commercial partnership with Neds. Are you ready for the race that stops the nation? The Melbourne Cup is the biggest, most prestigious event on the Australian horse racing calendar. Every year this spectacular horse race attracts thousands of local and international horse-racing…

US rapper Eminem's lyrics might be the soundtrack for star racecaller Matt Hill's Melbourne Cup Day. Eminem's massive hit'Lose Yourself' urged the world to "lose yourself in the music, the moment, you own it, you better never let it go". The line'you only get one shot, do not miss your chance …" sums up the task confronting Hill at Flemington on…

Glamour filly Amelia's Jewel returns in Saturday's Group 2 WA Guineas. Picture: Western Racepix. Perth trainer Simon Miller went home without a winner at Ascot on Saturday but his biggest result came when he decided to keep glamour filly Amelia's Jewel in her box. So bad was the leader bias on the day, Miller said his rising star would have been…

Australia's most celebrated horse racing event, the Melbourne Cup, will crown the best galloper a few days from now. Besides the coaches, trainers and runners, racing fans, establishments, and other stakeholders are preparing for a few days of unforgettable celebrations. With an AUD$8 million prize pot, Melbourne Cup is Australia's wealthiest…

Zaaki winning the Champions Stakes on the final day of the Flemington carnival, which produced a new high in turnover. Picture: George Sal-Racing Photos via Getty Images Champions day punctuated a Melbourne Cup Carnival record betting bonanza across the four days of the Flemington carnival. The $10m raceday and carnival climax last Saturday,…

Big fields, crowds returning to Addington and competitive harness racing all added up to TAB NZ customers betting record amounts on yesterday's New Zealand Trotting Cup meeting at Addington. Turnover on yesterday's 13-race card reached $7.5 million, a record high for any New Zealand race meeting based on figures held for the last 20 years. This was…

On-pacer runners making their own luck is the catalyst to a successful punting day at Ipswich on Wednesday. Jim Orman is striking at better than 23 per cent this year and Ipswich is one of his favourite tracks. Between Orman, Ben Thompson and 2kg-claiming apprentice Angela Jones - I have much of the meeting covered. BEST BET NOBLE BEAUTY (Race 8…

Horse racing in Australia couldn't get any bigger than the annual Melbourne Cup--also known as'the race that stops a nation.' This year, the prestigious horse racing carnival reopens its doors to a live audience following a zero-crowd policy last year amid the pandemic. Whether you're one of the many who wish to be part of the crowd at the…

It's the second Tuesday in November and that means it's New Zealand Trotting Cup day at Addington. But with no such restrictions, it's time to glam up, try to pick a winner and keep safe under the Christchurch sun on one of the best days of Christchurch's social calendar. Tuesday's big race is arguably the most open field in the last decade, so…

What do horse racing odds mean? A Melbourne Cup guide The Melbourne Cup is Australia's most famous horse race. Since 1861, people around the world have revelled in the excitement and action of a full day of racing in Flemington. For many people, celebrating Melbourne Cup day involves placing a bet on their favourite horse and rider, although many…

Despite a strong push from Peter V'Landys and Racing NSW to try and encroach, with some levels of success, there is no denying that the Melbourne Spring Carnival is the place to be for the end of the year. The best horses, the best trainers and best jockeys want to be seen in Melbourne and want to win the big races in Melbourne. There is no denying…

Trainers Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou can continue their successful Sydney spring carnival with stable star Ellsberg in the $2m Five Diamonds (1800m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Ellsberg is racing for a hat-trick of wins after his dead-heat (with Top Ranked) in the Group 1 Epsom Handicap and his last start romp in the Five Diamonds…

Deauville Legend is a hot favourite for the Melbourne Cup. Major new bookie Betr has a special $100 bonus cash back offer on Melbourne Cup day. In the first two races at Flemington on Tuesday, if the horse you back finished 2nd to 5th, they will double your stake back in bonus cash up to $100. The special applies to the first fixed odds win bet in…

News Corp form analyst Brad Waters takes an early look at Saturday's Champions' Day meeting at Flemington. BEST BET NATURE STRIP (Race 6, No.1) Beaten but not disgraced in The Everest. However, Nature Strip flies down the straight and can bounce back to square the ledger with Giga Kick on Saturday. VALUE BET LUNCIES (Race 4, No.9) Did it tough out…

A punter who won more than $170000 on the Melbourne Cup has admitted he initially had no idea he jagged a First Four for the ages. Known only as'Tom', the man was already buzzing after backing Gold Trip at $10 via bookmaker betr's $101 pre-race offer. He also outlaid on third-place getter High Emocean ($9) each-way and had a $40 Cup first…

The damaged section of the Flemington track before the start of the Melbourne Cup meeting. Picture: Supplied A Pakenham-based Australian turf industry leader has "dropped everything" to help Victoria Racing Club fix the section of Flemington racecourse vandalised by an alleged problem gambler. The damaged patch near the 1500m had to be removed and…

Infamous animal rights activist Tash Peterson has made headlines once again, this time for protesting at Ascot Racecourse by pouring red paint on the ground and screaming at punters as they entered the venue. The 28-year-old in a video posted to her page is seen holding a wooden cross with the letters RIP as patrons entered the Perth racecourse…

The spoils went to those who arrived early before the sun went into hiding for the day. Liberal lobbyist Michael Photios and his daughter Claudia were among the first arrivals inside Flemington's Bird Cage (a faux pas if there ever was), heading straight for the Tabcorp marquee. It had been a big few days for the Premier State lobbyist and avowed…

News Corp form analyst Brad Waters runs the rule over Tuesday's Echuca meeting. BEST BET TEMPEST CHARM (Race 1 No. 2 - $2) Tempest Charm won well at Wangaratta before a steady effort at Bairnsdale last time. She's racing well and won't find a much easier race than this. NEXT BEST RANSAKKA (Race 6 No. 5 - $4.80) Ransakka gave a start but hit the…

Adam Furphy, host of Lion's Furphy tent, seems to have cracked the secret to standing out from the crowd of Birdcage marquees on Melbourne Cup day. Perhaps it's obvious to a man in the beer business, but the brewer's tent was a hit among Flemington's most well-heeled punters because it was among the only ones with plentiful toilet stalls…

The Fields have been released for Tuesday's Melbourne Cup day apart from the feature race itself with the final field to be finalised after the running of Saturday's Lexus Archer Stakes. As we have come to expect on Melbourne Cup day the fields are big and even with lots of chances in each of them given punters betting on them plenty of value. The…

The most renowned horse race in the world, the Melbourne Cup, is held on Australia's national holiday. Both national and international champs are generally present on the field. These horses are chosen based on a variety of factors, such as age, experience in certain races, and handicapping. From all around Australia and the world, a sizable…

Startantes is a $9 chance in the Silver Eagle on Saturday. Picture: Grant Peters-Trackside Photography. It was a horror watch for Startantes punters and Rob Heathcote last start, but the Eagle Farm trainer is looking for silver linings as his Group 1 winner heads to the $1m Silver Eagle on Saturday at Randwick. His pint-sized mare never got a crack…

Leading Nanango jockey Hannah Richardson was undefeated at Eidsvold last Saturday. She watched on as Kelly Gates booted home No Better Affaire for local trainer Bob Murray in the opening event before leaving Murray's remaining seven hopefuls in her wake. Hannah landed a double for the Corey and Kylie Geran's Toowoomba stable in the Maiden with…

There's a Cox Plate to die for, a Caulfield Stakes looking almost as good, a Melbourne Cup promising a boost in European talent, a handful of fortunes and stud careers to be made or lost, and a hundred other plotlines. As the Sydney Swans and a Parramatta would say, thank God the footy's done and we can focus on racing and the spring carnival. For…

If Ambitious Prince is able to win his way through to the inaugural The Big Dance via Tuesday's Lismore Cup at Grafton, it will be a fitting last waltz for his trainer Warren Gavenlock. The popular Coffs Harbour-based horseman can see the winning post as he prepares to call time on his long career as a trainer. "I will probably be finished by next…