Caulfield Cup
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Dusty’s delight: Horse with superstar connections steals the Blue Diamond show
A horse with a superstar’s name, ridden by the husband of a champion jockey, and owned by the mate of one of the greatest AFL players in history stole the spotlight in the $2 million Blue Diamond Stakes.
- Danny Russell
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Racing trainer investigated for using slurs on social media says he ‘spoke the truth’
Stewards are investigating a father-and-son’s stable for inappropriate terms used in an online post after their horse was scratched because of a traffic jam.
- Danny Russell and Alexander Darling
Half Yours, half mine: Father and son share Cup glory
The McEvoy name has been centre stage on Melbourne Cup Day before, but this win was a first for father-son training team Tony and Calvin.
- Greg Dundas
First Caulfield, now Melbourne. On Tuesday Jamie Melham can rewrite racing history
Jamie Melham will join her husband Ben as the first husband-wife pair to ride in the same Melbourne Cup. But can she become the first female to win the Caulfield-Melbourne Cup double on favourite Half Yours.
- Peter Ryan
‘A rising star’: Michelle Payne says this female jockey is primed to continue her Cup legacy
It’s 10 years since Michelle Payne’s famous Melbourne Cup win on Prince of Penzance. She hopes the talented trio of female jockeys already booked for the Cup can join her as a winning jockey in Australia’s biggest race.
- Peter Ryan
Record day for Melham’s historic win at Caulfield Cup as Ka Ying Rising wins the Everest
Follow along live as The Everest and Caulfield Cup race days are run and won with the results, fashions and post race reactions.
- Roy Ward, Frances Howe, Danny Russell, Damien Woolnough, Craig Kerry and Christian Nicolussi
‘What I want to say can’t go on camera’: Jamie Melham makes history to win the Caulfield Cup
Melham was overcome with emotion after she became the first woman jockey to win the $5 million race, dedicating the victory to her friend and mentor, the late Colin McKenna.
- Danny Russell and Andrew Wu
The red invasion: Best dressed at the Caulfield Cup
Tailoring, ties and a Disney princess moment joined red as the trends to tap this spring racing season.
- Damien Woolnough
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Mey day, mey day: This is the horse we expect to win the Caulfield Cup
An English galloper and an Italian jockey loom as the biggest danger to Jamie Melham’s date with destiny.
- Danny Russell