Wandering Eyes

HONG Kong’s superstar jockey Joao Moreira has escaped serious injury after crashing heavily in race 4 on Melbourne Cup Day, but his mount Regal Monarch later lost his fight for life. View the full article

TEENAGER Ben Allen has been thrust into a shock Melbourne Cup start on Thomas Hobson after star jockey, Joao Moreira, took a sickening fall. View the full article

JOSEPH O’Brien has beaten his famous father to Melbourne Cup glory, training Rekindling to win Australia’s greatest race. View the full article

JOSEPH O’Brien has beaten his famous father to Melbourne Cup glory, training Rekindling to win Australia’s greatest race. View the full article

CHAMPION jockey Corey Brown walked into Flemington with a gold nugget the size of a golf ball in his jacket pocket and walked out carrying a second Melbourne Cup. View the full article

Betting will be suspended on GI Florida Derby third-place finisher Mississippi (Pioneerof the Nile) in the fourth and final pool of the GI Kentucky Derby Future Wager, which opens its three-day run at noon Friday and concludes at 6p.m. Sunday. Trainer Mark Casse has decided to point the colt to the GIII Pat Day Mile on the Derby undercard May 5 rather than the Run for the Roses. With the defection of Mississippi, the year’s final Kentucky Derby Future pool will consist of a total of 23 betting interests that include 22 individual horses and the Mutuel Field (#24), or “All Others”, a wager that includes all 3-year-old Thoroughbreds other than the remaining individuals. View the full article

WHO won, who came last and how every horse placed in between. See the full finishing order of the Melbourne Cup: View the full article

LLOYD Williams has defended Frankie Dettori’s Melbourne Cup ride on Almandin, revealing the Italian star rode the defending champion to instructions. View the full article

WHO won, who came last and how every horse placed in between. See the full finishing order of the Melbourne Cup: View the full article

IT was a wet and miserable welcome for racegoers at Flemington on Tuesday but that failed to dampen the enthusiasm of Melbourne’s best dressed punters. View the full article

ONE smart TAB customer will be taking home $1 million after Rekindling pipped Johannes Vermeer at the line in the Melbourne Cup. View the full article

While most of the attention is on the track, some of the best stuff from Melbourne Cup day comes from off of it. View the full article

JOSEPH O’Brien has beaten his famous father to Melbourne Cup glory, training Rekindling to win Australia’s greatest race. View the full article

JOSEPH O’Brien has beaten his famous father to Melbourne Cup glory, training Rekindling to win Australia’s greatest race. View the full article

WHO won, who came last and how every horse placed in between. See the full finishing order of the Melbourne Cup: View the full article

JOSPEH O’Brien has beaten his famous father to Melbourne Cup glory, training Rekindling to win Australia’s greatest race. View the full article

THE Melbourne Cup has been run and won — so which racing experts and celebrities tipped it? View the full article

REKINDLING emerged victorious in a close run finish to claim the 2017 Melbourne Cup. Here are the studs and duds from the big race. View the full article

THE Melbourne Cup has not failed to live up to its reputation for drunken debauchery, with revellers flashing their undies, falling over and brawling on the grass. View the full article

APPRENTICE jockey Dylan Caboche has apologised for punching a horse at Port Lincoln on Wednesday, saying his actions ‘weren’t the greatest’. View the full article

JOCKEY Dylan Carbouche has been suspended for two weeks for striking his horse before a race at Port Lincoln on Wednesday. View the full article

THE jockey who punched his horse before a race at Port Lincoln on Wednesday has spoken out, saying he had a “brain fade”. View the full article

I ONCE interviewed English horse trainer James Fanshawe about his first try at taking a horse to the Melbourne Cup. View the full article

CAULFIELD Cup winner Boom Time will fly the Australian flag in the Japan Cup (2400m) on November 26 after trainer David Hayes accepted an invitation to run in the $7 million race. View the full article

CHARLIE Appleby will seek more spring carnival silverware at Sandown on Saturday, eager to add to an already impressive haul. View the full article