Emirates Melbourne Cup News

Flamboyant billionaire Dr Marwan Koukash has repeated his promise to accept the Melbourne Cup trophy in his G-string if his horse Magic Circle wins on Tuesday.

Melbourne Cup favourite Yucatan has drawn barrier 23 for the $7.3 million race but part-owner Nick Williams says he isn't concerned.

A full field of 24 will run in the Melbourne Cup, with 11 trained in the northern hemisphere.

Sunlight has won the $1 million Coolmore Stud Stakes, the premier race for three-year-old sprinters during the Melbourne Cup carnival.

English horse A Prince Of Arran won his way into the Melbourne Cup with a victory in the 2018 Lexus Stakes at Flemington on Saturday.

How the Lexus Stakes winners have fared in the Melbourne Cup.

Seabrook will be trainer Mick Price's only runner on the first day of the Melbourne Cup carnival at Flemington where she runs in the Group One Empire Rose.

The Chris Waller-trained Patrick Erin has been taken out of the Lexus Stakes and Melbourne Cup with an elevated temperature.

Permission has been granted for Club Jockey Zac Purton to be absent from Hong Kong in order to partner FINCHE for Trainer Chris Waller in the Melbourne Cup (Group 1) race to be conducted at Flemington Racecourse on Tuesday, 6 November 2018.

View the final field for the $7 million 2018 Melbourne Cup and get all your form here.

Melbourne Cup favourite Yucatan has drawn barrier 23 for the $7.3 million race but part-owner Nick Williams says he isn't concerned.

A Prince Of Arran has won the Lexus Stakes to guarantee his place in the Melbourne Cup with his trainer Charlie Fellowes celebrating his first Group One win.

Sunlight has won the $1 million Coolmore Stud Stakes, the premier race for three-year-old sprinters during the Melbourne Cup carnival.

English horse A Prince Of Arran won his way into the Melbourne Cup with a victory in the 2018 Lexus Stakes at Flemington on Saturday.

Four Melbourne Cup entrants will be re-examined by Racing Victoria's veterinary team before acceptances to determine their fitness.

After having some success already in a short time in Australia, Jim Crowley chases the biggest of them all on Muntahaa in the Melbourne Cup.

The Darren Weir trained Sixties Groove is the roughie attracting most interest to win next Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup.

View the final field for the $7 million 2018 Melbourne Cup and get all your form here.

A full field of 24 will run in the Melbourne Cup, with 11 trained in the northern hemisphere.

A Prince Of Arran has won the Lexus Stakes to guarantee his place in the Melbourne Cup with his trainer Charlie Fellowes celebrating his first Group One win.

The Australian Workers Union says its members who are race day officials may take industrial action, although the Melbourne Cup won't be affected.

The Ed Dunlop-trained English stayer Red Verdon will have to pass a third veterinary inspection to be cleared to run in the Melbourne Cup.

English trainer Charlie Fellowes believes A Prince Of Arran is in the best form of his life ahead of his bid to earn a Melbourne Cup berth in the Lexus Stakes.

Ed Dunlop plans to gallop Red Verdon tomorrow to make sure he’s right to go in the Melbourne Cup.

A bruised heel has stopped Red Verdon undergoing trackwork resulting in the stayer needing to pass a fitness test before accepting for the Melbourne Cup.