Wandering Eyes

After trying for 20 years, global goliath Godolphin finally secured its first Melbourne Cup as Cross Counter flashed over the top of his rivals for star jockey Kerrin McEvoy, while Hong Kong champion Zac Purton came fourth with Finche. It ended a long run of near misses for Sheikh Mohammed’s team in blue, who had run second on three occasions (Central Park in 1999, Give The Slip in 2001 and Crime Scene in 2009) and also finished third twice with Beekeeper (2002) and Hartnell (2016). The... View the full article

UPDATE: AN incredibly lucky story has emerged from the Melbourne Cup with one punter turning $3 into over $114,000 in just one bet. View the full article

CROSS Counter claimed the 2018 edition of the Melbourne Cup. Here are Trevor Marshallsea’s studs and duds from the big race. View the full article

SOME were happy for the winner, some didn’t like the track, and some blamed their horses. View the full article

CROSS Counter has edged out the field to take the 2018 Melbourne Cup, sending punters around the world wild as the race that stops the nation gripped Flemington. View the full article

THE MELBOURNE CUP is done and dusted. View the full article

THE MELBOURNE CUP is done and dusted. Here’s the full finishing order! View the full article

MELBOURNE Cup runner The Cliffsofmoher could not be saved after falling during the 2018 edition of the race. View the full article

ONE lucky punter has taken home half a million dollars after Cross Counter won the 2018 Melbourne Cup. View the full article

CROSS COUNTER has ended two decades of Melbourne Cup frustration for Godolphin in winning Australia’s greatest horse race. View the full article

CROSS COUNTER has ended two decades of Melbourne Cup frustration for the powerful global stable Godolphin by winning Australia’s greatest horse race. View the full article

THE 2018 Melbourne Cup has been run and won by Cross Counter. View the full article

WE don’t want to say we told you, but... View the full article

CROSS COUNTER has ended two decades of Melbourne Cup frustration for Godolphin in winning Australia’s greatest horse race. View the full article

THE 2018 Melbourne Cup will be run and won at 3pm AEDT on Tuesday afternoon. View the full article

THE 2018 Melbourne Cup is done, and Cross Counter has come away with the victory. View the full article

THE MELBOURNE CUP is done and dusted. Here’s the full finishing order! View the full article

CROSS COUNTER has won the 2018 Melbourne Cup. View the full article

THE 2018 Melbourne Cup will be run at 3pm (AEDT), and there’s a reason it’s the race that stops the nation. View the full article

THE biggest three minutes of the year are on the way - and we’re all counting down to 3pm when 24 horses will make the 3200-metre dash towards immortality in 2018’s edition of the Melbourne Cup. Follow live below! View the full article

PUNTERS are trying to sort out what is looming as an intriguing 2018 edition of the Melbourne Cup. View the full article

YOU’VE done your research, consulted your gut feeling, and picked your horse. Good news - here’s why it can win the Melbourne Cup. Bad news - here’s why it can’t win the Melbourne Cup. View the full article

ROSTROPOVICH is the million-dollar ticket in the Melbourne Cup for Tom Waterhouse who has backed the Irish lightweight to take out the biggest race of the year. View the full article

ONLINE betting agencies have buckled under the massive demand of eager punters on Melbourne Cup day, with both mobile applications and websites crashing. View the full article

IF we’re all stopping for the Melbourne Cup anyway, we may as well have a tip for the race as well. View the full article