Emirates Melbourne Cup News

Champion jockey Craig Williams' 2019 Melbourne Cup win aboard Australian-trained Vow And Declare has been more than 25 years in the making.

What the jockeys said after the Melbourne Cup at Flemington.

Where your horse finished in the 2019 Melbourne Cup.

The Timeform Team at Racing and Sports have analysed the Melbourne Cup races providing intriguing challenges for the punter.

There are no Melbourne Cup scratchings with a full field of 24 to go to the gates for the 3200m-race at Flemington on a soft track.

Finche appears set to start the Melbourne Cup favourite with punters rallying behind the Chris Waller-trained import.

No jockey has ever ridden the winner of the Victorian spring Group 1 treble in one season of the Caulfield Cup, WS Cox Plate.

Frankie Dettori has won almost every big race in the world but the Melbourne Cup has eluded him and he hopes to put that right on Master Of Reality.

English jockey Ryan Moore says Magic Wand has a lot of class but he would prefer dry ground and a better draw for the mare in the Melbourne Cup.

Melbourne Cup winner Vow And Declare, trained by Danny O'Brien and ridden by Craig Williams, has won the Melbourne Cup at his 13th start.

Following wins in the Cox Plate and Caulfield Cup in the past, Danny O’Brien won the last leg of the big three in Melbourne when Vow And Declare just got in with the 2019 Melbourne Cup at Flemington on Tuesday.

After leading early, then handing up, Vow And Declare won the 2019 Melbourne Cup at Flemington on Tuesday for Trainer Danny O’Brien and Jockey Craig Williams.

Hong Kong’s three-time champion jockey Joao Moreira takes centre stage at Flemington on Tuesday when he partners the highly fancied import Constantinople in the famous G1 Melbourne Cup (3200m).

Had Danny O'Brien not fought a long legal battle to clear his name, he would not have won his first Melbourne Cup with Vow And Declare.

Jockey Damian Lane has won the Golden Slipper, Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate in 2019 and has the chance to add the Melbourne Cup aboard Mer De Glace.

Chris Waller is pleased with his two Group 1 Lexus Melbourne Cup runners with the champion trainer rating Finche (GB) higher for the 3200m at Flemington on Tuesday than stablemate Youngstar.

Overseas-trained horses to have won or been placed in the Melbourne Cup.

Damian Lane believes a Melbourne Cup chance might have gone begging after Mer De Glace finished sixth after over-racing in the 3200m race.

After so many attempts at winning the great race, and losing the ride on Dunaden to suspension, Craig Williams finally won on Vow And Declare in the 2019 Melbourne Cup at Flemington on Tuesday.

Vow And Declare, a horse bred in Australia, trained in Australia, owned in Australia and ridden by an Australian, has won the Melbourne Cup.

It’s the Chris Waller juggernaut that leads the betting in the 2019 Melbourne Cup at Flemington on Tuesday.

What the connections are saying ahead of the Melbourne Cup at Flemington.

Brett Prebble already has a Melbourne Cup success on Green Moon and is chasing his second on the Anthony Freedman-trained Steel Prince.

He has won Sydney's two richest races of the spring, now Chris Waller has set his sights on the biggest prize money offering in Melbourne.

Craig Williams needs to win the Melbourne Cup to give him the 'grand slam' of Australian racing and is happy to be riding Vow And Declare at Flemington.