A protester has allegedly poured 1,000 litres of an unknown substance onto the Flemington Racecourse hours before the Melbourne Cup began to raise awareness about the global impacts of climate change. Before the first race scheduled for 10:45 a.m. on Nov. 1, the individual broke into the track at 6 a.m. with a large pump…

An old-fashioned approach has given a new-age racing partnership its finest moment, with top-weight Gold Trip winning the Melbourne Cup. In a triumph for spring perseverance, Gold Trip defeated Emissary and stablemate High Emocean in Australia’s greatest race. Gold Trip made light of his 57.5kg under jockey Mark Zahra, revelling in the soft ground to…

Around 200 Australians have marched from Melbourne’s Footscray Park to the gates of the Flemington Racecourse during protests against the Victorian government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Melbourne Cup, a public holiday in the state of Victoria, was underway at the racecourse, which saw around ten thousand fully vaccinated punters join the festivities. The…

Six-year-old mare Verry Elleegant has beaten Incentivise and Spanish Mission to win the 2021 Melbourne Cup at Flemington Racecourse under jockey James McDonald. Ten thousand fully-vaccinated punters descended on Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup for the annual horse race that stops the nation. Victorian Racing Minister Martin Pakula dubbed the day a special occasion for Melbourne after the…