Emirates Melbourne Cup News

Most trainers dream of having a runner in the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) and that dream could become a reality for Waverley trainer Bill Thurlow this season with Group One stayer Glory Days.

The Prix Kergorlay run at Deauville on Sunday is a race to note for Melbourne Cup fancies.

Trainer Ian Williams has ruled out another tilt at the Melbourne Cup for Magic Circle who was unplaced last year.

Catching up with old acquaintances on a Queensland holiday last month has led to Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Tony Allan deciding to continue his riding career in the Sunshine state of Australia.

Group One-winning stayer Glory Days made a pleasing return to the track at the Foxton trials on Tuesday in preparation for a Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) campaign this spring.

Class stayer (Sir) Charles Road flew to Sydney over the weekend as he prepares to kick off a spring campaign that will hopefully culminate in a tilt at the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) in November.

The countdown is on to the 2019 Melbourne Cup Carnival, with just 100 days to go until AAMI Victoria Derby Day on Saturday 2 November.

The Victoria Racing Club (VRC) is delighted to announce a boost of $7.52 million dollars in prizemoney and bonuses for Australia’s most celebrated week of racing, the 2019 Melbourne Cup Carnival and Turnbull Stakes Day.

The Lexus Melbourne Cup has officially begun its four-month tour, travelling across Bass Strait to Tasmania for the first leg of the 17th annual Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour.

Beginning over a much shorter trip, Sir Charles Road takes the first step to running in another Melbourne Cup.

High class imports Rostropovich and Muntahaa are scheduled to trial at Tatura on Monday – weather permitting.

Te Akau principal David Ellis may have sold Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) prospect Torcedor last year, but he thinks he has found a worthy replacement in Caliburn.

Riding a Melbourne Cup winner was the highlight of Ray Selkrig’s career as he got the job done in 1961 on Lord Fury.

The health of Melbourne Cup winner Subzero is improving with the rising 31-year-old a chance to return home soon to his Heathcote paddock.

New Zealand stayer Sir Charles Road has arrived in Sydney to be prepared for a campaign aimed at the Melbourne Cup.

Roger Charlton has brought off a training feat with one-time Melbourne Cup favourite Withhold winning the Marsh Cup at Newbury after a nine-month absence.

The Victoria Racing Club has announced a boost of $7.52 million in prizemoney and bonuses for the 2019 Melbourne Cup Carnival and Turnbull Stakes Day.

Lance O'Sullivan, who trains in partnership with Andrew Scott, has little expectation of his talented stayer Charles Road as he lights a fuse on another Melbourne Cup campaign in Sydney on Saturday.

Promising stayer Blue Breeze took the first step on the path to a potential Melbourne Cup bid with a dominant first -up victory over 1400m at Pukekohe on Saturday.

Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Tony Allan will join forces with comeback trainer Paddy Busuttin at Deagon in Brisbane.

Melbourne Cup winner Cross Counter has finished third in the Goodwood Cup won for the third time by Stradivarius.

Subzero, winner of the 1992 Melbourne Cup, has made some improvement over the weekend as he battles illness at Bendigo Equine Hospital.

Long-term ambitions for the Melbourne Cup have moved a step closer for English horse Just Hubert, a winner at Sandown.

The Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour National Sweep officially kicked off over the weekend as the coveted trophy toured Deniliquin and Wakool in regional NSW and Koondrook on the Murray River in Victoria.

Network 10, the home of the Melbourne Cup Carnival, is expanding its horse racing coverage to include key international events and major races in Great Britain and France.