Zahra celebrates ‘redemption day’ in Melbourne

A collection of the best of our Melbourne Cup coverage, from fashion to the races and everything in between. See all 18 stories. Without A Fight has become the first horse since 2001 to win the storied Caulfield Cup-Melbourne Cup double, marking a decade since the pre-race favourite won the famous handicap. Irish horse Vauban was the clear…

The 2023 Melbourne Cup has been run and won with the Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained Without A Fight completing the Caulfield Cup-Melbourne Cup double for the first time in 22 years. There were a number of standout performances in the race that stops the nation, but just as many head-scratchers as well. Read on for our winners and losers out of…

Without a Fight has won the 2023 Melbourne Cup in stunning fashion to complete a rare Australian horse racing double and vindicate jockey Mark Zahra's huge call on which horse to ride. Zahra gave up the ride on Gold Trip, whom he won the Melbourne Cup aboard last year, to again saddle the Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained Without a Fight as he did…

Vauban faded to finish 14th, as ex-British runner Without A Fight gave jockey Mark Zahra back-to-back success in Australia's historic staying race. Mark Zahra celebrates winning the Melbourne Cup on Without A Fight Willie Mullins endured more Melbourne Cup misery when hot favourite Vauban was well beaten in Australia's most famous horse race. After…

Without A Fight has won the 2023 Melbourne Cup at Flemington today. It's jockey Mark Zahra's second successive Melbourne Cup, after he rode Gold Trip to victory at Flemington last year. Chris Waller trained the second and third-placed finishers with Soulcombe, ridden by Joao Moreira, crossing the line slightly ahead of Beau Mertens on…

Mark Zahra has claimed the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup double after storming home to win at Flemington on Tuesday. Zahra rode the 2022 winner Gold Trip and made it back-to-back after gambling on Without a Fight this Spring Carnival. The win makes Without a Fight only the 12th horse in history to claim the Caulfield Cup/Melbourne Cup…

The 2023 Melbourne Cup has been run and won with Mark Zahra steering Without A Fight to a famous victory. The winning jockey said Without A Fight gave a dream run and credited the entire team for the historic win. "Unbelievable. If I could've thought I'd have that run from (barrier) 16 I'd have said he was unbeatable," Zahra said. "To the trainer's…

The Melbourne Cup - the race that stops the nation - is here again with a field of 24 local and international horses racing over 3200m for a whopping $8 million in prizemoney. Here are the key things you need to know ahead of the 163rd running of the great race. Watch the Melbourne Cup LIVE on Kayo Sports. Join now and start streaming instantly…

Immediately after a successful Breeders' Cup in California, English jockey Ryan Moore pointed his global compass down under. On Monday night, the world's top-ranked jockey will bid for a second Melbourne Cup, aboard hot favorite Vauban, in the "race that stops a nation." Moore's global credentials notwithstanding, the biggest storylines are the…

Racenet's Mark Guest, Punters' James Lamb and CodeBet's Alex Donnelly reveal their top four selections for Tuesday's Melbourne Cup. Carlton Draught Caulfield Cup Short on calories, Mark Zahra gets sustenance from the big stage. Success has renewed the enjoyment and comfort under the spring spotlight, especially. Zahra needed eight years to win a…

The Melbourne Cup - the race that stops the nation - is here again with a field of 24 local and international horses racing over 3200m for a whopping $8 million in prizemoney. Here are the key things you need to know ahead of the 163rd running of the great race. Watch the Melbourne Cup LIVE on Kayo Sports. Join now and start streaming instantly…

Caulfield Cup 2023 LIVE updates: Without A Fight wins Caulfield Cup as crowd flocks to racecourse We're sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We're working to restore it. Please try again later. Without A Fight has won the Caulfield Cup. West Wind Blows was second and Gold Trip was third. Caulfield Cup-winning jockey Mark Zahra pulled the…

Imported galloper Without A Fight has etched his name into the history books by taking out the 163rd running of the Melbourne Cup at Flemington. Brought out to Australia for last year's Melbourne Cup under UK trainers Simon and Ed Crisford, Without A Fight was not suited on the wet conditions, fading to finish 13th behind Gold Trip. But 12 months…

The Melbourne Cup has a new hard-partying'Wheelie Bin Girl' - with a racegoer embracing viral TikTok fame after she was caught being sick at Australia's biggest race day. Stephanie Browne, 20, said she became'friends' with the wheelie bin around midday at Melbourne's Flemington Racecourse after travelling from Geelong with a group of friends. 'I…

The adrenaline was clearly still pumping in Mark Zahra's veins when he was interviewed after dropping the F-bomb. Riding Gold Trip, who was given odds of 20/1 before the race, Zahra and his five-year-old mount beat Emissary and High Emocean to claim victory at Flemington. It was a first win in the race for Australia jockey Zahra and trainers Ciaron…

Big-race fancies Deauville Legend and Without A Fight were out of luck in the Lexus Melbourne Cup but Britain could lay claim to the winner as expat David Eustace and joint-trainer Ciaron Maher landed Australia's greatest race for the first time with topweight Gold Trip. Eustace, whose father James was a trainer in Newmarket and brother Harry…

The moment that Gold Trip etched its name into racing folklore: Well the Melbourne Cup has been run and won for another year and there was no shortage of drama, emotion and, of course, fashion. Gold Trip won the 162nd edition of the great race, as co-trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace combined with jockey Mark Zahra to deliver the goods. It…

MELBOURNE, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Mark Zahra was drowning his sorrows a year ago after missing out on a ride on the Melbourne Cup winner but on Tuesday the local jockey savoured redemption as Gold Trip stormed to victory in "the race that stops the nation". Zahra, 40, had been set to ride Verry Elleegant at Flemington last year but had to relinquish the…

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…

Wild celebrations will continue into the night for stylish punters who flooded Flemington Racecourse for the 2022 Melbourne Cup as champion horse Gold Trip with jockey Mark Zahra stormed to victory. Revellers in Sydney and Melbourne were in high spirits trackside as they watched the race that stops a nation unfold while other punters posed for…

Mark Zahra was drowning his sorrows a year ago after missing out on a ride on the Melbourne Cup winner but on Tuesday the local jockey savoured redemption as Gold Trip stormed to victory in "the race that stops the nation". Zahra, 40, had been set to ride Verry Elleegant at Flemington last year but had to relinquish the seat when suspended for…

Emissary was second and High Emocean fought back from last to claim third at Flemington. Victory was the first in the race for Australian jockey Mark Zahra and trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace. Zahra, unable to compete last year because of suspension, described the win as "a miracle". Deauville Legend was fourth, while the other British…

Jockey Mark Zahra couldn't forgive himself. Until Gold Trip stunned the world to win the 2022 Melbourne Cup at Flemington on Tuesday. 12 months on from one of the worst days of his life, the 40-year-old can finally exorcise the demons that have haunted him since the infamous Airbnb scandal rocked the sport. The 162nd running of the great race…