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From the time Michael Walker won the Sandown Cup he knew Almoonqith was his 2016 Melbourne Cup ride. Walker guided Almoonqith to victory in last year’s 3200m Sandown Cup, less …

Blake Spriggs’ first Melbourne Cup parade has whetted the jockey’s appetite for the big day when he will realise his dream to ride in Australia’s most famous race. He will …

John Ferguson doesn’t mind which of Godolphin’s five horses finally delivers an elusive Melbourne Cup for Sheikh Mohammed. The Godolphin chief executive wants this to be the year the Dubai …

Ben Thompson’s father has three Melbourne Cup wins to his name. On Tuesday, the apprentice jockey gets his first taste of a Melbourne Cup of a different kind when he …

Trainer Ciaron Maher has been given a heroes’ welcome at the 2016 Melbourne Cup parade thanks to his mare Jameka. The VRC Oaks and the Caulfield Cup winner is Maher’s …

The race is like no other but that won’t mean Kerrin McEvoy will be acting differently in the lead-up to the 2016 Melbourne Cup. The jockey has a near-full book …

BIG ORANGE: Trainer Michael Bell. Jockey Jamie Spencer. $14 “He is arguably the best specialist two miler in Europe and hence he’s got topweight over here, but we’re looking forward …

For Ben Hayes, it’s a good omen that his first Melbourne Cup 2016 runner has the same barrier, weight, owner and jockey’s first names as when his grandfather first won …

The only Australian-born horse in the 2016 Melbourne Cup has come in for local support on the eve of the famous race. In a 24-horse field dominated by northern hemisphere …

Blake Shinn is dismissing Gallante’s last start Moonee Valley Cup showing when assessing the stayer’s chances of giving him his second Melbourne Cup at Flemington. Shinn won the 2008 Cup …

Year after year, the royal blue colours of Godolphin have been a regular fixture of the Melbourne Spring Carnival as the world-wide breeding operation spared no expense in trying to …

Queenslanders will celebrate 2016 Melbourne Cup day at a record 14 official race meetings and hundreds of off course functions. The major meeting will be in Brisbane where the return …

Godolphin’s retained European jockey William Buick will fly to Melbourne to ride Caulfield Cup runner-up Scottish in the $2 million Emirates Stakes 2016 at Flemington. Kerrin McEvoy partnered Scottish in …

Trainer David Hayes already has a Melbourne Cup trophy courtesy of 1994 winner Jeune but admits victory this time around would be something special. Almoonqith represents the stable which is …

SOME STATISTICS ABOUT THE MELBOURNE CUP: * First run in 1861 under the banner of the Victorian Turf Club and won by the Etienne de Mestre-trained Archer who beat the …

Melbourne Cup day is one of first-class racing and fashion parades which set the upcoming trends of the season. But while Flemington puts on its best show for racegoers, thousands …

Tony Martin hopes his Irish raider Heartbreak City wins the 2016 Melbourne Cup, not for the trainer himself, but in memory of his close friend George Swan. Heartbreak City’s former …

MEMORABLE MELBOURNE CUPS: PRINCE OF PENZANCE: The quintessential tale of the boy from the bush, a girl with a dream and a horse whose dicey legs had stopped him from …