"Horses just don't stay galloping that quick for two miles, but I was surrounded by the horses I wanted to follow ... Vauban, ...

Irish raider Vauban was disappointing again in the Melbourne Cup but trainer Willie Mullins was thrilled with the performance of Absurbe.

The first Tuesday of November means only one thing and that is the Melbourne Cup, a jewel in Australia's sporting crown and ...

New BBC chairman Samir Shah said the corporation should not have to justify "our very existence" every 10 years and the Government should have the confidence to say "the BBC is a really good thing".

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Although Absurde ran an honourable race to be fifth behind the 90-1 winner Knight’s Choice, the number one Mullins hope ...

Britain and Ireland appeared to have a strong challenge for the two-mile contest with Harry Eustace’s Bendigo Cup winner Sea ...

The old cliche that the Melbourne Cup stops a nation was given a different spin at its 164th edition at Flemington on Nov 5 ...

Buckaroo had been the favourite to win but finished ninth, with Knight's Choice - a 90-1 shot - storming home to win by a ...

The 2024 Melbourne Cup was won by rank outsider Knight's Choice, with former singer on The Voice and jockey Robbie Dolan in ...

He rode a 90-1 outsider on Knight's Choice in the 2m handicap and beat Willie Mullins-trained duo Vauban and Absurde in a photo-finish for the cup. Speaking to Channel Nine after the race, he said: ...

“I can’t put it into words. It is the biggest race in the world.” Buckaroo, priced as the A$7.00 favourite, finished ninth while the fancied Vauban could only manage 11th on a warm and sunny day, with ...