Tavi Time finished fourth in last year's Big Dance but his trainer Kris Less is confident of a more pointy finishing position in Tuesday's $3 million feature at Royal Randwick.

After some deliberation and with no confidence, the seven-time Melbourne Cup winning owner has declared his top tip for the race.

Australian Bloodstock already have two Melbourne Cup trophies on the mantelpiece and their famous colours will be out in force at Flemington on Tuesday.

Armed with a $26 outsider, a barrier draw he's convinced is a Queensland omen, and singing jockey Robbie Dolan, who owes him a performance at the after-party, the recruitment agency boss from Brisbane ...

Two-time Melbourne Cup-winning owner Luke Murrell has offered his forthright thoughts on this year's Melbourne Cup.

Grand campaigner Arapaho will carry the weight of sentimental support when he takes aim at a second Melbourne Cup on Tuesday.

Owner Brae Sokolski won just about every big race in Australia during a golden period, but the man who part-owns a pair of Melbourne Cup hopefuls says he has enjoyed the anonymity of a quiet couple of ...

Fengarada ($126) is a famous wet-tracker, but he's famously out-of-form too. Brave Miss ($7.50) is in form on top of the ground, but has won over a mile on soft ground multiple times (note, this is ...

Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Jye McNeil recalls the surreal silence of his 2020 triumph during the Covid pandemic.

France-based Italian Alessandro Botti will be trying to outdo his cousin Marco's Melbourne Cup deeds with striking grey stayer Presage Nocturne on Tuesday.

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Self-proclaimed showman Robbie Dolan explains why he won't be feeling the pressure as he bids to defend his Melbourne Cup jockey crown.