Emirates Melbourne Cup News

Caulfield Cup failures Gold Mount and Qafila have been announced as non runners in the Melbourne Cup on November 5.

Japanese star Mer De Glace has been issued with a 1kg penalty for the Melbourne Cup following his dominant win in Saturday's Caulfield Cup.

The Anthony Freedman stable has turned to plan B for Steel Prince who will have his Melbourne Cup lead up in the Geelong Cup.

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Today’s second acceptance deadline did little to change the list of contenders for the 2019 Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200m) with only three of the top 50 ranked horses being withdrawn.

Having already secured his Caulfield Cup mount and a likely Melbourne Cup hopeful, former champion Kiwi jockey Michael Walker will be testing out further Group One prospects within the next eight days.

New Zealand stayer The Chosen One has received a half kilo Melbourne Cup penalty for his win in the Group Two Herbert Power Stakes.

The prospect of partnering Kiwi-bred stayer Surprise Baby in next month’s Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) is enough to make a gruelling few weeks well worthwhile for jockey Jordan Childs.

Japanese horse Mer De Glace has been penalised 1kg for the Melbourne Cup after his Caulfield Cup win, taking his weight to 56kg.

Last year's Melbourne Cup placegetter Prince Of Arran is among 11 acceptors for the Geelong Cup.

The inquiry into a fall in the Queensland Derby in which dual Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Corey Brown was seriously hurt is set to resume.

A French import trained in Victoria will bid to use Sydney's St Leger Stakes as a possible stepping stone towards the Melbourne Cup.

Second acceptances have been taken for this year's Melbourne Cup with 64 horses remaining in contention.

Short Fuse begins prep with a bang; Torcedor out of Melbourne Cup;Te Aroha meeting abandoned

The spring carnival attrition rate is starting to rise with the classy import Torcedor the latest withdrawal from the Melbourne Cup.

The Richard Hannon-trained Raymond Tusk will miss the Caulfield Cup to be kept for the Melbourne Cup at Flemington.

Sir Charles Road is in danger of missing out on a start in the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) next month, a race he finished seventh in last year.

Last season’s New Zealand champion stayer Glory Days will use the Moonee Valley Gold Cup as her final chance to make the field for the Melbourne Cup on November 5.

Trainer Danny O'Brien believes Vow And Declare's Caulfield Cup second placing is a strong pointer towards the stayer's chances of winning the Melbourne Cup.

Wolfe has not been given a Melbourne Cup weight penalty for his win in the Coongy Cup and remains on 50kg and down the order of entry at 57th.

Champion jockey Kerrin McEvoy, the only man to win both The Everest and and Melbourne Cup, has refused to play favourites as debate rages.

It inspired the biggest Australian sports film of the decade, but the story of Michelle Payne’s historic Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) victory has its roots on this side of the Tasman.

Frenchman Christophe Lemaire, winner of the 2011 Melbourne Cup on Dunaden, has been booked to ride English horse Gold Mount in the Melbourne Cup.

The final shipment of 14 international spring carnival raiders arrived in Melbourne on Saturday.