Tag: melbourne cup
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Melbourne Cup fancies eye soft track in Flemington rain
Steady rain in the build-up to the Melbourne Cup is expected to play into the hands of top contenders Half Yours and Al Riffa at Flemington. Track manager Liam O’Keeffe has predicted horses could be racing on a soft surface by Cup time, with conditions in the morning to determine whether the course is upgraded.…
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Giddy up – here’s where to sip, snack and spend Melbourne Cup around Brisbane
Lina Rooftop, South Brisbane: This Melbourne Cup day, Lina Rooftop presents Maison De La Course – a lavish French-inspired celebration set high above Brisbane’s city skyline. Guests will enjoy a three-hour premium beverage package featuring Laurent Perrier champagne, top-shelf spirits and cocktails, paired with roving French-style canapes such as duck-parfait tartlets with spiced marmalade gel,…
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Giddy up – here’s where to celebrate Melbourne Cup 2025 on the Gold Coast in style
Aquis Park, Bundall: The Gold Coast will be buzzing this Melbourne Cup Day with a string of celebrations at Aquis Park, aka the home of Gold Coast racing. For those who love the thrill of the track, general admission offers live racing, big-screen action and trackside entertainment, while ‘member for a day’ passes add a…
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Spring racing brings the party trackside at Morphettville
For racing enthusiasts and fashion lovers, being trackside at Morphettville Racecourse during the Spring Racing Carnival offers a non-stop party vibe like no other. Every Saturday, starting October 14, is an opportunity to get dressed up and socialise with friends in the glorious spring sunshine. With food and drinks flowing, the excitement of the horses…
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Public drunkenness decriminalised from Melbourne Cup day
Victorian tender documents show the criminal justice response to public intoxication will be replaced with a health-based approach from November 7. The date coincides with the annual Melbourne Cup public holiday. The Victorian government committed to decriminalising public drunkenness at the start of a 2019 coronial inquest into the death of Yorta Yorta woman Tanya…
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Gold standard for Melbourne Cup winner
One of five runners for co-trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace, Gold Trip defeated Emissary and stablemate High Emocean. Gold Trip was given a perfect ride by Mark Zahra, who also celebrated his first win in the race. Maher has now completed a career sweep of the Melbourne spring carnival’s most important races. He trained…
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Gold Trip’s the light fantastic in thrilling Melbourne Cup win
One of five runners for co-trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace, Gold Trip defeated Emissary and stablemate High Emocean. Gold Trip was given a perfect ride by Mark Zahra, who also celebrated his first win in the race. Zahra settled Gold Trip worse than midfield in the hope he could ambush his rivals late in…
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The western Queensland pub with no town, where beer flows thicker than water
At the South Western Hotel in Toompine the beer will be flowing and the yabby races running, in stark contrast to the location’s dicey water supply that has been stifled by ageing pipes and an old bore struck more than a century ago in 1918. While the hotel’s punters may have reason to celebrate today…
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McEvoy eyes shot at Melbourne Cup history
One of the world’s premier jockeys, McEvoy will be chasing a record-equalling fourth Melbourne Cup win at Flemington when the race stops the nation at 2.30pm Adelaide time. And he will do it on one of the shortest-priced favourites of the modern era as English stayer Deauville Legend tries to add his name to the honour…
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Sweet ride: Verry Elleegant claims 2021 Melbourne Cup
Famous for engineering the record-breaking exploits of Winx, Waller claimed his first Melbourne Cup win as Verry Elleegant beat the favourite Incentivise in the nation’s greatest race. UK-trained stayer Spanish Mission took the minor placing. Incentivise, one of the shortest-priced favourites in Cup history, looked the winner at the top of the straight but he…