Dunn finds his Country Championships contender
He sparingly made the trek from his Murwillumbah base to Sydney when the concept originated, but Matthew Dunn has made the Highway races his playground in recent months.
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Adam Pengilly
Why seven Cup jockeys who broke whip rule got off scot-free
Heavy-handed stewards have fined jockeys almost relentlessly since the introduction of the new whip rule late last year. But there was a huge shift in policy when a huge number of riders broke the law in the Melbourne Cup.
The moment McEvoy thought he'd lost the Cup
Kerrin McEvoy came within a whisker of not even riding in the Melbourne Cup. And there was one light bulb moment where he knew things had to change.
McEvoy keeps Cup in family as Payne hails one of her biggest supporters
Kerrin McEvoy's second Melbourne Cup win kept Australia's most coveted racing trophy in the family as Michelle Payne's older sister Cathy had to dash to do the afternoon school pick-up minutes after her husband won Australia's great race for a second time.
'I know music, but you leave this to the experts'
A collection of high-powered businessmen rode Lloyd Williams' coat-tails to a Melbourne Cup win. And they knew not to bother the most successful owner in the history of Australia's great race.
How one Cup punter turned $10 into $241,000
Bookmakers were left ruing Lloyd Williams' record fifth Melbourne Cup winner with most reporting Almandin, the one-time broken down stayer, ripped millions out of their bags before swiftly installing him favourite for next year's race.
'No chance and 50-1 at best': one of Australia's biggest punters pans top Cup hope
One of the Melbourne Cup's rank outsiders has been the subject of a mammoth bet at the annual Call of the Card as punters swarmed to back two of the favoured runners on Monday.
Dettori thinks Wicklow Brave can break his Melbourne Cup duck
The flamboyant Frankie Dettori hailed Wicklow Brave as being "on the same path" as last year's runner-up Max Dynamite as the world's most recognisable jockey hopes not to be the Melbourne Cup hard luck story on Tuesday. Fined $20,000 and suspended for a month for causing carnage in the straight during last year's race when beating all bar Prince Of Penzance home, Dettori jetted into Melbourne on Monday morning determined to break his Melbourne Cup duck. "I think [Wicklow Brave and Max Dynamite] are on the same path," Dettori said. "Last year was one of those things. The Melbourne Cup every year has some sort of unlucky story and last year it was me." But it hasn't dented Dettori's confidence on Wicklow Brave, who has to contend with the awkward outside barrier. "It's a massive race and I've never won it and I'm going to carry on trying until I do win it," Dettori said. "I won't say it hurts, but I'd love to win it."
'He's a bit different': Meet the jockey who's breaking the mould
Nick Hall could win a Melbourne Cup and still most will be none the wiser about racing's rubik's cube. Twist it one way and think you've got it figured out, but another puzzle pops up.
Why blue is the colour for your omen Cup tip
Godolphin has their best chance to win a Melbourne Cup after almost two decades of trying. But in a year of sporting droughts being broken by those wearing blue, how many people will really care?
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