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Fashion, gambling and protests are all talking points at the annual event. How are perspectives on "the race that stops a ...

Each and every year, the race that stops the nation does little in the way of stopping punters from getting a little loose trackside.

The most successful import of all is Makybe Diva, who won the Melbourne Cup three times in a row from 2003 to 2005, with the ...

After peaks topping 120,000 attendees in 2000 and 2003, crowds have been steadily dropping since ... Legendary commentator ...

Mike Moroney (2000), Sheila Laxon (2001), Graeme Rogerson (2007), Mark Kavanagh (2009), Gai Waterhouse (2013), Danny O’Brien ...

The Melbourne Cup’s biggest attendance was in 2003 with almost 123,000 people. The Melbourne Cup is sometimes known for its rowdy revelry, but today’s crowd was fairly tame. Police officers hovered ...

Elizabeth and Damian Hurley reunited with Brooke Warne at Flemington to cheer on the aptly named horse Warnie in the last ...

The Melbourne Cup has long been described as the race that stops the nation but can the annual horse race still lay claim to ...

Hall of Fame trainer Chris Waller has described $101 bolter Valiant King as “this year’s Sheraz” on the eve of the $8.5 ...

Past winners Gai Waterhouse and Sheila Laxon headline a list of six female trainers involved this year, with Just Fine and ...

During the War years - 1942 to 1944, the race was run on a Saturday, the second day of a two-day Cup carnival. Champion mare Makybe Diva is the only horse to have won three Melbourne Cups (2003, 2004, ...