Melbourne Cup Carnival News and Statistics

Britt Taylor: Get to Know
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Get to know your Melbourne Cup Carnival Commentator, Britt Taylor

Melbourne Cup Carnival News and Statistics

Carnival Calendar Articles

Extras

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The Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour: Broome

The Lexus Melbourne Cup visits Broome

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Ken Kelso Feature

Feature with 2023 Australian Guineas winning trainer Ken Kelso

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Archie Thompson: Get to Know

Get to know your Melbourne Cup Carnival Commentator, Archie Thompson

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Britt Taylor: Get to Know

Get to know your Melbourne Cup Carnival Commentator, Britt Taylor

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Caty Price: Get to Know

Get to know your Melbourne Cup Carnival Commentator, Caty Price

Melbourne Cup Carnival News

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The Melbourne Cup Carnival Returns For 2023

The countdown is on until the gates open on Penfolds Victoria Derby Day to kick off the magical 2023 Melbourne Cup Carnival

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First declarations announced for this year’s Lexus Melbourne Cup

The Lexus Melbourne Cup dream continues for 72 quality horses after first acceptances were taken

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Seventh golden ticket on offer into 2023 Lexus Melbourne Cup

The VRC today released the conditions for the 2023 Group 1 Lexus Melbourne Cup, with the introduction of a seventh golden ticket into the race that stops a nation™.

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Meet The Team

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Eddie McGuire AM - 2022 MCC Host

Learn more about 2022 Melbourne Cup Carnival Host, Eddie McGuire.

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Michelle Payne (OAM) – Trainer and Melbourne Cup Winning Jockey

Learn more about 2015 Melbourne Cup Winning Jockey, Michelle Payne (OAM).

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Michael Felgate - 2022 MCC Racing Host

Learn more about 2022 MCC Racing Host, Michael Felgate.

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Glen Boss – Melbourne Cup Winning Jockey

Learn more about three-time Melbourne Cup winning jockey, Glen Boss.

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Caty Price - Stalls Reporter

Learn more about "the Princess of the Punt", Caty Price.

Expert's Corner

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Archie Thompson: Get to Know

Get to know your Melbourne Cup Carnival Commentator, Archie Thompson

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Britt Taylor: Get to Know

Get to know your Melbourne Cup Carnival Commentator, Britt Taylor

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Caty Price: Get to Know

Get to know your Melbourne Cup Carnival Commentator, Caty Price

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Eddie McGuire: Get to Know

Get to know your Melbourne Cup Carnival Commentator, Eddie McGuire

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Tips for Picking a Winner

Our Network 10 commentators let us know their tips for picking a winner!

Lexus Melbourne Cup Race of Dreams

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The Race of Dreams: Grand Flaneur

The versatile 1880 winner

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The Race of Dreams: Archer

The winner of the very first Melbourne Cup in 1861

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The Race of Dreams: The Barb

The bushranger stolen winner of 1866

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Field of Stars for Lexus Melbourne Cup The Race of Dreams

Headlined by three-time Cup winner Makybe Diva

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The Race of Dreams: Dunaden

The closest finish ever in 2011

Unsung Heroes

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Victoria Racing Club Equine Welfare Update

Equine welfare always has and always will be paramount

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Unsung Hero: Farrier

We talk to a Farrier to learn about shoeing horses

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Unsung Hero: Clerk Horses

The Painted Clerk

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Unsung Hero: Horse Vet

We talk with a horse vet

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Unsung Hero: Horse Physio

Learn about a horse physiotherapist

Unbelievable Moments

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Melbourne Cup Carnival News and Statistics

Unbelievable Moments - Jezabeel

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Melbourne Cup Carnival News and Statistics

Unbelievable Moments - Gurner's Lane

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Melbourne Cup Carnival News and Statistics

Unbelievable Moments - Lasqueti Spirit

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Melbourne Cup Carnival News and Statistics

Unbelievable Moments - Makybe Diva

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Melbourne Cup Carnival News and Statistics

Unbelievable Moments - Merchant Navy

2021: The Winners Circle

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James Winks with James McDonald on Stakes Day

James Winks talks with James McDonald after his 2021 Mackinnon Stakes win

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James Winks Interviews James McDonald

James Winks interviews James McDonald after his Lexus Melbourne Cup win

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Michael Felgate Interviews James McDonald

Michael Felgate interviews James McDonald after his 2021 Lexus Melbourne Cup winning ride

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Interview with 2021 winning jockey and trainer

Michael Felgate, David Gately and Michelle Payne talk with James McDonald and Chris Waller

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Penfolds Victoria Derby Winning Trainer

We talk to Ciaron Maher, the trainer of Hitotsu.

Team 10 Exclusives

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The Team On: Greatest Horse

The 10 Team on their pick for the greatest horse of all-time

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The Team On: Melbourne Cup Carnival 2020

The 10 Team discuss how this year's event will be different

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The Team On: Favourite Thing

The 10 Team on their favourite thing about The Melbourne Cup Carnival

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The Team On: Predictions

The 10 Team give us their early predictions

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Caty Price: Catch-Up

We catch-up with The Princess of the Punt

History of the Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour

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Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour: Episode 1

Australian Racing Hall of Fame inductee, John Letts chats with Legendary Race Caller Greg Miles

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Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour: Episode 2

Legendary Race Caller Greg Miles revisits some of the best Australian moments of the Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour.

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Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour: Episode 3

Ambassador profile Joe Agresta

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Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour: Episode 4

Top 10 Animal Encounters

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Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour: Episode 5

Top 10 International Moments

Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour

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The Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour: Tullibigeal

The iconic Cup makes its first stop of 2022 at the regional NSW town of Tullibigeal

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The People's Cup: Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour Part 1

This two part series aims to tell the story of the People, the Communities and the Connection of each of the Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour destinations

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The People's Cup: Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour Part 2

This two part series aims to tell the story of the People, the Communities and the Connection of each of the Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour destinations. This is the story about "The People's Cup"

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The Cup Tour National Sweep Draw

Getting ready for the Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour National Sweep Barrier Draw

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The Cup Tour: Buchan VIC

The Cup visits Buchan in East Gippsland, Victoria

Features

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Lexus Melbourne Cup Jockey Profiles

We look at all the riders in the Melbourne Cup Carnival showpiece

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Damien Oliver: Jockey Profile

30 years in the saddle. The triumphs and the tragedies

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Maykbe Diva and VRC Chairman Amanda Elliott

Makybe Diva and Amanda Elliott welcome The Melbourne Cup to Flemington for 2020

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Top 10 Fastest Winners of the Melbourne Cup

The fastest horses ever to win the Cup

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Melbourne Cup Winners

Phar Lap, Archer and Makybe Diva, forever penned into the archives

Stories From The Melbourne Cup Carnival

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Vale Harry White: 1944-2022

One of Australia's most gifted jockeys who rode four Melbourne Cup winners has died at the age of 78

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Verry Elleegant Feature

Watch this feature about the 2021 Melbourne Cup winning racehorse, Verry Elleegant

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Feature: Subzero

We talk with Greg Hall and look back at the Peoples Horse

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Equine Welfare: Amanda Ross and Romeo

Equine Welfare: Amanda Ross and Romeo

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Feature: Denis Pagan

From AFL to thoroughbreds

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