New Zealander Turn Me Loose has staved off Politeness to win the final Group One race of the Melbourne spring carnival, the Emirates Stakes.

The Chris Waller-trained Delectation came from last to beat the Hawkes Racing star in a tight finish.

The Riccarton horseman bagged the opening leg of a double when he produced the Savabeel gelding to take the major honours in the Listed Gold Club Metropolitan Trophy on his home track yesterday.

Xtravagant completed a memorable double for the Walton, near Matamata, farm's foundation stallion after he produced an extraordinary performance to demolish his classic rivals.

Will there ever be a more captivating image than jockey Michelle Payne embracing her Down syndrome brother Stevie seconds after dismounting?

Te Akau's efforts to buy yearlings to make into stallions will take a massive step forward if Xtravagant wins the Sothys New Zealand 2000 Guineas at Riccarton tomorrow.

The unbreakable bond between the first female jockey to win the Cup and her beloved brother with Down syndrome.

The arguments were in the judicial room after Ellerslie's $70,000 Sofitel Luxury Hotels Stakes, but there was no quarrel with the winner Consensus.

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.

The Kiwi breeders of the Melbourne Cup winner say they are thrilled at his success.

New Zealanders placed more than a million bets in this year's Melbourne Cup - a new record.

Huge outsider Prince of Penzance wins the Melbourne Cup as Michelle Payne becomes the first female jockey to ride a Cup winner.

Pencil-clutching race enthusiasts and those immaculately-dressed attendees have all made their way to the Ellerslie Racecourse in Auckland today.

Empress Elect's homecoming will be crowned at Ellerslie today with a top three finish.

Today's event at Ellerslie will feature the course's 10 races plus big screen live coverage of the action at Flemington.

Unless he drifts further late in betting today, Fame Game will start one of the hottest Melbourne Cup favourites since the immortal Phar Lap.

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.

Australian raider Kerryn Manning is blunt about her plan to win the Kaikoura Cup with defending champ Arden Rooney today.

Many factors contribute to a horse winning a race.

If you don't believe Melbourne spring racing is the world's best example of thoroughbred racing, check your pulse.

Gai Waterhouse will have two runners in the Melbourne Cup with Excess Knowledge winning his way into the field " twice.

Blathwayt was off the fence at the right time and he finished off powerfully in the straight for the seventh win of his 22-start career.

Gailo Chop became the second northern hemisphere-trained Mackinnon Stakes winner in three runnings after Side Glance scored for English trainer Andrew Balding in 2013.

Trainer Mick Price's Victoria Derby drought has ended with Tarzino giving his rivals a staying lesson in the $1.5 million race.