It's the richest handicap horse race in the world. So how is the prizemoney split and what does the strapper earn?

As for the physical prize, the jockey, trainer and owner of the winning horse will receive their own version of the Melbourne Cup trophy.

Three-time Aga Khan Trophy-winning rider Captain Con Power has died ... ‘Winning a puissance competition before riding on a ...

MELBOURNE, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Knight's Choice won the 164th running of the Melbourne Cup at Flemington Racecourse on Tuesday. The Reuters Daily Briefing newsletter provides all the news you need to ...

Planning on watching the 2024 Melbourne Cup? See when the race that stops a nation starts across each city in Australia and ...

Keith farmer Haydn Lines woke up at 4am one morning this week covered in sweat and with an elevated heart rate. He’d endured ...

The Cheltenham Gold Cup won by Cottage Rake in 1948 is officially going up for auction. The solid gold trophy won by the ...

Collectors and aficionados will have a chance to own a piece of horse racing history on November 13, as a sculpture trophy for Goodwood’s 1875 Chesterfield Cup goes under the hammer.

MELBOURNE, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Nine years after trailblazer Michelle Payne became the first woman to ride a Melbourne Cup winner ... Australia's most prestigious horse race on Tuesday.

Champion jockey Zac Purton has revealed the Melbourne Cup heartbreak behind the one that got away 10 years ago, with the ...

Rated an 80/1 chance by bookmakers, Knight's Choice's triumph gave co-trainer Sheila Laxon her second Melbourne Cup win, 23 years on from preparing Ethereal for the 2001 trophy. The home-bred ...