A punter has had the ultimate Melbourne Cup fill-up after winning $728,000 on a mystery Melbourne Cup bet. The punter, who placed the mystery first four at the Bairnsdale RSL, outlaid just $24 to ...

On the one hand, Mullins was pleased with the effort of Absurde, who settled well back in the field and took inside runs under Kerrin McEvoy to eventually finish fifth, less than two lengths off the ...

But there was Knight's Choice in all his unlikely glory, shrugging off the stern challenge from the gifted Japanese stayer Warp Speed to score in the biggest race there is. There was a major element ...

Ciaron Maher is the country's leading trainer, but he knows how tough it is to win Australia's greatest race. He had four chances on Tuesday and although he didn't finish with the winner, he came out ...

Sheila Laxon says the “magic Of Macedon” is why Knight’s Choice won the Melbourne Cup, but the miracle of Macedon might be closer to the mark. Both Laxon and John Symons paid homage to the facilities ...

Fellow British runner and Bendigo Cup winner Sea King finished 14th, as trainer Harry Eustace noted that circumstances conspired against him. The OTI Racing-owned galloper will now remain in Australia ...

Robbie Dolan had never ridden in the Melbourne Cup before Tuesday. Now, he has entered the race’s history books, producing one of the all-time great rides to get Knight’s Choice up by just a half head ...

Having only had a handful of rides at Flemington before winning Tuesday's Melbourne Cup, Robbie Dolan wasn't overawed by the occasion, parking Knight's Choice in what would be an eventual winning ...

Sent out as a $26 chance, Warp Speed's second placing in the great two-mile race represented a marked improvement from his run in the Caulfield Cup, where he finished 13th.

Robbie Dolan (Knight’s Choice): On winning the Melbourne Cup: “Well, pinch me. I think I'm dreaming.” “It's incredible. I just can't believe it. I I don't even know what to say.” ...

Dolan Snr may not have visited Melbourne before, but he does have a connection to the Cup having worked for Dermot Weld back home. He spent time with both future Melbourne Cup winners Vintage Crop and ...

Sheila Laxon and John Symons have caused one of the biggest boilovers in Melbourne Cup history with Knight's Choice. The Queensland galloper edged out Japanese star Warp Speed in a photo finish to ...