A tearaway Royal Supremacy gapped the field, leaving jockey Ethan Brown with a decision to make aboard Point of Law. We break down the race and how the boy from Alice Springs delivered.
In the race that stops the nation, Ciaron Maher holds the strongest hand. This year he has seven starters – all of them with a chance.
The Irish sent shockwaves through a packed Call of the Card luncheon on Monday, splashing out $1 million on Hopewell Rock to win almost $10 million if the highly rated import salutes in the Melbourne Cup.
He learnt to ride in the backblocks of Tasmania without a saddle and a bridle. But 20-year-old Jabez Johnstone’s spectacular rise hit an unexpected hurdle last month.
Injured jockey Harry Coffey is sweating on last-minute medical clearance to take his place in Tuesday’s $10.2 million Melbourne Cup.
To say the large cohort of country-based owners are gutted is an understatement. One minute they are booking their tickets to Flemington, the next they are packing away their suits.
Waller came tantalisingly close to making it a clean sweep of Derby Day’s three group 1 races but, in a sign of the times, was not even at Flemington as star jockey McDonald had another day out.
An injury is likely to rule 31-year-old father Harry Coffey, who has cystic fibrosis, out of Tuesday’s $10.2 million Melbourne Cup.
Tasmania’s racing integrity commissioner Sean Carroll has denied allegations raised against him in parliament.
On one of racing’s biggest days, look for value. And if that fails, trust Chris Waller and James McDonald.
