We just want to let the horse ... Melbourne Cup winner Makybe Diva is one of just five to have completed the feted double, along with Nightmarch (1929), Phar Lap (1930), Rising Fast (1954) and ...

Field: The Melbourne Cup field is made up of 24 horses with no emergencies. Each year hundreds of horses will nominate for the race and based on the balloting system and handicapping, it is ...

These horses are the cream of the crop ... One of Bart Cummings’ favourite Melbourne Cup winners. Saintly found his best form as a four-year-old in the spring of 1996. He charged home to ...

Melbourne Cup has been scarred by the death of two horses yesterday. The Japanese favourite Admire Rakti collapsed and died when he returned to the stalls after the race.

Ahead of this Melbourne Cup, many critics have noted that six horses since 2013 - all foreign runners - have died during or after the race. Last year, animal rights activists staged protests ...

It was Symons’ first Melbourne Cup win and also the first time a Queensland-trained horse had won the Cup. It maintained Laxon’s unblemished Melbourne Cup record after she previously won the ...

Which horse is oldest Melbourne Cup winning horse? Eight-year-old horses have won the Melbourne Cup on three occasions since it was inaugurated back in 1861. The first was Toryboy in 1865. The grey ...