The full field for the 2025 Melbourne Cup has been set with 24 horses competing for the greatest prize in Australian horse ...

The story of the Cup is well known - first run in 1861 when won by the mighty Archer, and a grand stage for some of all-time ...

The 2025 Melbourne Cup is upon us for another year and as always, it’s an intriguing race with plenty of different form ...

On Melbourne Cup Day, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens and spokesperson for Animal Welfare, is calling for horse racing to be shut down, and for dirty political donations ...

As always, the first Tuesday in November — this year falling on the 4th. This year’s race will start at 3pm AEDT. So that’s ...

In the latest Paint by Numbers, Crikey lists the reasons the nation should stop the race that stops the nation.

The four Cup contenders will need to be re-examined by Racing Victoria vets, after Absurde, Flatten The Curve and Goodie Two ...

Not that it wasn't already very serious, but the implications foot and mouth disease could have on the Thoroughbred industry became scary business Wednesday when the Australian government placed an ...

All track work halted Aug. 26 at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney, Australia after three Thoroughbreds showed symptoms of equine influenza. The equine influenza crisis took a dark turn in Australia the ...

Searing summer heat in Australia continues to break records with the highest temperature ever recorded by a major city on Thursday as the conditions are also being blamed for the deaths of dozens of ...

New Zealand interest in the 165th running of the Melbourne Cup will feature two locally-bred runners and a strong expat Kiwi trainer and jockey flavour.