Emirates Melbourne Cup News

Global superstar Taylor Swift will perform two songs at the Melbourne Cup in November, her only public appearance while she is in Australia.

Melbourne Cup winner Cross Counter must overcome a tough penalty if he is to retain his crown at Flemington on November 5 after the weights were released on Tuesday.

Can the Irish St Leger run at The Curragh on Sunday be a Melbourne Cup form guide again?

Melbourne Cup placegetter Prince Of Arran has finished third in a Group Three race at Kempton ahead of his second trip to Australia.

Marsh pleased with quality pair; Bargain buy begins Melbourne Cup charge;

The Melbourne Cup has attracted 152 nominations including 39 internationally trained horses while the Caulfield Cup has 143 entries including 25 internationals.

Marmelo will bypass the Irish St Leger at the Curragh and instead head straight to Australia for the Melbourne Cup in which he was second last year.

Mustajeer has won the Ebor at York for his new owners Australian Bloodstock and is now among the favourites for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups.

Marmelo has won the Prix Kergolay at Deauville and is set to return to Australia to try to go one better than his second in the Melbourne Cup.

The Victoria Racing Club hopes to attract a bigger attendance to VRC Oaks day during Melbourne Cup week with a later start to the meeting.

Stella Artois Caulfield Cup and Lexus Melbourne Cup weights released

The Victoria Racing Club's spring celebrations are officially in bloom with the announcement of Australian model and TV star Tegan Martin as this year's Melbourne Cup Carnival ambassador.

Godolphin's 2018 Caulfield Cup winner Best Solution finished unplaced in his comeback race at Kempton Park in the UK on Saturday.

If you don't go, you won't know. That's the mantra New Zealand trainer Allan Morley has taken with Melbourne Cup aspirant Blue Breeze as he prepares to kick off his spring campaign at Wyong on Friday.

The Mike Moroney-trained Sound is ready to run in a barrier trial at Cranbourne ahead of a tilt at the Melbourne Cup.

Kicking off his spring racing campaign with a lifelong bucket list experience, Group 1 trainer David Jolly today confirmed he will field a starter in this year’s Birdsville Races – the iconic ‘Melbourne Cup of the Outback’, which this September runs for a historic 137th year.

The Lexus Melbourne Cup has officially kicked off its tour of the United Kingdom, arriving in York yesterday in what is the first overseas leg of the 2019 Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour.

The Victoria Racing Club has announced enhancements and changes to the Oaks meeting at Flemington during Melbourne Cup week.

Cross Counter has been given 57.5kg for his Melbourne Cup defence while Irish stayer Kew Gardens heads the weights with 58kg.

English horse Spanish Mission has won a rich race in New York with the Breeders' Cup an immediate goal and the Melbourne Cup in his long-term future.

Trainer Jim Conlan wants to test his Caulfield and Melbourne Cup hope Beau Balmain in the weight-for-age John F Feehan Stakes to plan his spring path.

If you don’t go, you won’t know. That’s the mindset South Auckland trainer Allan Morley is taking with Melbourne Cup aspirant Blue Breeze as he prepares to kick-off his spring campaign in Australia on Friday.

The Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour ventured to Matamata on Wednesday to celebrate the link between the horse-mad township and the race that stops a nation.

Ebor Handicap winner Mustajeer is now equal favourite for the Caulfield Cup and second favourite for the Melbourne Cup.

After taking out the Group 2 Prix Kergorlay at Deauville in France, Marmelo is now equal favourite with Cross Counter for the 2019 Melbourne Cup at Flemington on November 5.