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Melbourne Cup: Trainer, horse well prepared

Melbourne Cup: Stud seeks Cup glory

The proprietor of New Zealand's famed Cambridge Stud, Hogan is responsible for the most influential staying blood introduced to the Southern Hemisphere.

Melbourne Cup: Flemington's field of dreams

The Melbourne Cup is not simply a horse race - it's now the dream of every millionaire, billionaire and loose-change horse syndicate around the world.

Melbourne Cup: Williams magic carries day

Melbourne Cup: McDonald confident

Jockey James McDonald tends to shy away from the accolades that have him marked down as the next star of Australian racing.

Melbourne Cup: Dunaden ready to bow out

Defending champion Dunaden will be racing in Australia for the last time in the Melbourne Cup tomorrow.

Melbourne Cup: Maluckyday carries Kiwi hopes

This is the second year in a row no New Zealand-trained horses will be racing because of increasingly tough international competition.

Melbourne Cup: Baker can deal with failure

Trainer Murray Baker was looking for anything after <i>It's A Dundeel<i> finished a distant seventh in Saturday's A$1.5 million Victoria Derby at Flemington.

Racing: 'Saturday' horse gets a Tuesday chance