Emirates Melbourne Cup News

Racing Victoria has confirmed Japanese horses Chestnut Coat and Sole Impact have been entered for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups.

Withhold has run his opposition into the ground to enhance his Melbourne Cup credentials with victory in the Northumberland Plate.

Lonsdale Cup the plan for big Melbourne Cup hope

Trainer has come so close before

Hugh Bowman's home town Dunedoo in country NSW is one of 37 destinations for the 2018 Melbourne Cup Tour which will also visit Ireland, the UK and South Korea.

Victorian horse racing’s Big Three - the Gr.1 Lexus Melbourne Cup (3200m), the Gr.1 Ladbrokes Cox Plate (2040m) and the Gr.1 Stella Artois Caulfield Cup (2400m) – will all carry record prize money this spring after hefty increases were announced by Racing Victoria on Friday.

Magic Circle's dominant win at Sandown has added the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot as a potential lead-up to the Melbourne Cup.

Champion stayer Poitrel, the 1920 Melbourne Cup winner with close historical ties to Moree, has been inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame – one of the Australian racing industry’s highest accolades.

The VRC has signed a long-term deal with Sky Sports Racing which will see it broadcast the Melbourne Cup Carnival exclusively in the UK and Ireland.

Melbourne Cup a decision for another day

Melbourne Cup the target after favourite does it in style

Melbourne Cup hopeful Red Verdon has run second in the Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot for trainer Ed Dunlop and owner Ronald Arculli.

Marmelo has justified his 11-8 favouritism to win the Listed Grand Cup at York as he builds to another attempt at the Melbourne Cup.

A group of 14 indigenous students from across regional Victoria have been treated to a private tour of Godolphin’s Flemington stables in the company of Darby McCarthy, who rode in five Melbourne Cups and is arguably Australia’s greatest indigenous jockey.

Significant prize money increases have been announced for Victorian racing, including boosts to the Melbourne Cup, Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate.

Early Melbourne Cup plans have been laid for classy UK stayer Magic Circle.

Heir To The Throne, the younger brother of Melbourne Cup winner Prince Of Penzance, has broken through for his first win in a maiden race at Hamilton.

Owner Lloyd Williams says it's unlikely last year's Melbourne Cup winner Rekindling and runner-up Johannes Vermeer will head to the race again.

The Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour will travel to Ireland and the UK in July to celebrate the internationalisation of Australia’s greatest race.

Ed Dunlop hopes Red Verdon can develop into a horse capable of becoming the first British-trained winner of the Melbourne Cup.

For the first time as part of the Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour, the iconic trophy will travel to the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Significant prize money increases have been announced for Victorian racing, highlighted by boosts to the Melbourne Cup, Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate.

Divanation, a daughter of triple Melbourne Cup winner Makybe Diva, has won a provincial maiden race at her first start.

Sin To Win has stayed on best over the Melbourne Cup course, scoring in the Listed Andrew Ramsden Stakes at Flemington.

A new deal will allow the UK's Sky Sports Racing to broadcast the Melbourne Cup carnival into 14 million homes in the Britain and Ireland.