2012 Melbourne Cup Facts & Form Statistics

This Tuesday, November 6, the $6.2 million Group 1 Emirates Melbourne Cup (3200m) will light up the famous Flemington Racecourse and to help you back the horse to win the...

Ethiopia Passed for Melbourne Cup 2012 Field

Pat Carey’s in-form four-year-old Ethiopia passed a crucial veterinary examination on Victoria Derby Day and it is all systems go for the 2012 Melbourne Cup on Tuesday. The Helenus gelding...

Likely 2012 Melbourne Cup Field

The likely Melbourne Cup 2012 field featuring the top 24 horses in the order of entry at the end of Victoria Derby Day is detailed below. The only notable moves...

No Melbourne Cup 2012 for Mackinnon Stakes Winner Alcopop

The final race offering a 2012 Melbourne Cup ballot exemption to the winner has been run and won at Flemington Racecourse this afternoon with a former Melbourne Cup favourite taking...

Gatewood Out of the 2012 Melbourne Cup Field

In a devastating Derby Day result for connections of the John Gosden-trained Gatewood, the English galloper has failed to gain a start in the Melbourne Cup 2012 field after running...

Lexus Stakes Winner Kelinni into Melbourne Cup 2012 Field

Today the first of two Victoria Derby Day races offering a Melbourne Cup ballot exemption to the winner was the 2012 Lexus Stakes with the Chris Waller-trained Kelinni earning a...

Cummings Fights for Melbourne Cup Win Number 13

The ‘Cups King’ Bart Cummings may have been absent from most of the headlines this Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival but the veteran horseman believes he is still a chance of...

Fresh is Best for Mount Athos in Melbourne Cup 2012

Legendary Newmarket-based horseman Luca Cumani remains confident with his decision not to give his British raider Mount Athos a previous run down under ahead of the 2012 Melbourne Cup next...

Bowman’s 2012 Melbourne Cup Mount – Mourayan

This year one of Australia’s hardest working hoops Hugh Bowman will be looking to score an elusive ‘Loving Trophy’ when he partners with the Robert Hickmott-trained Mourayan in the Melbourne...

Melbourne Cup Hopes Dominate Lexus Stakes 2012 Nominations

For the 22 second acceptors that sit outside the top 24 in the Melbourne Cup 2012 order of entry there are only a couple of chances left for them to...

2012 Melbourne Cup Second Declarations Leave 46 Hopefuls

The final make-up of the Melbourne Cup 2012 field became slightly clearer today with Racing Victoria releasing the second declarations for the ‘race that stops a nation’. Running as Flemington...

Oliver Confirmed for 2012 Melbourne Cup Ride on Americain

Dual Melbourne Cup winning hoop Damien Oliver has secured a shot at adding a third ‘Loving Trophy’ to his collection having been booked to partner with 2010 champ Ameircain in...