Opinion: No place for knickers on the net
It's something of a tradition now to film drunk girls - sometimes guys - at the Melbourne Cup and upload them for others to laugh at, Heather writes.
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Andrew Alderson: Sporting barriers women can dismantle
Michelle Payne's Melbourne Cup win on Prince of Penzance struck a blow against sporting misogyny.
Historic cuddle: stand by for movie
Will there ever be a more captivating image than jockey Michelle Payne embracing her Down syndrome brother Stevie seconds after dismounting?
Selfie costs punter $900
Woman has $900 winnings stolen after she posted Melbourne Cup ticket with barcode on Facebook - and one of her "friends is responsible".
New low in Melbourne Cup celebrations
Woman in blue dress caught on camera pushing a police officer into a garden.
Melbourne Cup: Winning breeder banks on brother
The Kiwi breeders of the Melbourne Cup winner say they are thrilled at his success.
Racing: Stud toasts giant-killing prince
The champagne was flowing at Waikato's Rich Hill Stud with a Group One celebration to toast their major role in a history-making Melbourne Cup result.
Dazzling dresses on a dazzling day
It was an Auckland afternoon of shining thoroughbreds, dazzling dresses and regularly refilled glasses - all centred around a three-minute horse race in Melbourne.
Melbourne Cup sets new record at TAB
New Zealanders placed more than a million bets in this year's Melbourne Cup - a new record.
'We just beat the world'
Huge outsider Prince of Penzance wins the Melbourne Cup as Michelle Payne becomes the first female jockey to ride a Cup winner.
Melbourne Cup's best dressed
From gravity defying fascinators to bright, painterly prints, here are our top race day looks.
Racing: Focus on Fame Game riding tactics
Some lunatic bad-ass put six bullets through the front door of his family home, doubtless achieving the aim of terrifying the family of Melbourne's chief racing steward.
Racing: Timing everything for top elect
Empress Elect's homecoming will be crowned at Ellerslie today with a top three finish.
Japanese stayer the one to beat
Unless he drifts further late in betting today, Fame Game will start one of the hottest Melbourne Cup favourites since the immortal Phar Lap.
Racing: Irishman wants vintage crop of his own with Max Dynamite
When 10-time champion trainer Willie Mullins arrived in Melbourne for the first time during a 1993 world trip it coincided, by accident, with fellow Irishman Dermot Weld changing history by winning the Melbourne Cup with Vintage Crop.
Ellerslie packs in race-day action
Today's event at Ellerslie will feature the course's 10 races plus big screen live coverage of the action at Flemington.
Racing: Preferment holds the fort
Preferment continues his preparation for the Melbourne Cup with a strong win in the Turnbull Stakes at Flemington.
Melbourne: All a flutter
Thousands of Kiwis cross the Tasman to see the Melbourne Cup each November. Ewan McDonald went to see why.
Melbourne Cup pays visit to Mongolian Khan
The Melbourne Cup tour has taken place in New Zealand this week and "the Cup" paid a visit to leading Kiwi contender Mongolian Khan at the Cambridge stable of Murray Baker & Andrew Forsman. Source: NZTMTube/Youtube
Racing prize riding high
A select audience with a head for heights got a close-up view of the Melbourne Cup as it was taken around Auckland's Sky Tower Skywalk yesterday.
Cup deaths freak tragedy, say vets
Shocking though the fatalities are, public need to understand that racing is natural for horses, professor says.
Talk to the Animals: Melbourne Cup's sinister aftermath
Never have those opposed to horseracing had their point proved so emphatically as in yesterday's Melbourne Cup, writes Sally Hibbard.
Melbourne Cup: Dunlop overdue Cup luck
The respect among Melbourne Cup competitors was obvious 60 seconds after Protectionist defeated his A$6.2 million Melbourne Cup rivals at Flemington yesterday.
Melbourne Cup: Protectionist far too classy
An Australian/New Zealand victory in the A$6.2 million Melbourne Cup suddenly looked further away when German stallion Protectionist thrashed his 21 rivals at Flemington yesterday.
Racing: Lees gains a good one
New South Wales trainer Kris Lees didn't win the Melbourne Cup but there is no way he is going to be a loser out of the race.
Melbourne Cup: Triumph and tragedy
Protectionist has won the 2014 Melbourne Cup, but the favourite Admire Rakti has died after finishing last in the race.
Melbourne Cup star picks
Mark Stafford from the TAB is joined by Hayley Holt from "The Crowd goes Wild", Lotto man Jordan Vandermade. and Silver Fern Kayla Cullen. They give their picks and thoughts for the Melbourne Cup.