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Derby Day's last gallop before the Melbourne Cup
No Australian horse race has so much thoroughbred action in one meet
No Australian horse race has so much thoroughbred action in one meet
Fashion fall: The Melbourne Cup relents - socks are not mandatory.
Silver Fern vice captain Maria Tutaia is the first NZ ambassador for the Melbourne Cup.
Their loved ones were taken in an instant of senseless violence, now the families of Melbourne CBD victims have shared their grief.
Jennifer Hawkins broke with fashion tradition at the Melbourne Cup today. Here's what all the big names are wearing.
Jade Jillings made headlines around the world when pictures of her riding a wheelie bin went viral - so what does she have to say for herself?
This year's undoubted star of the Melbourne Cup has spoken of her embarrassment at becoming 2016's "girl in the blue dress".
Olivia and Charlotte Moor were competing in the Myers Fashion on the Field.
Australia has been told to stay classy after the world took notice of how "white person drunk" they got at the Melbourne Cup.
Nine people have been arrested at the Melbourne Cup Carnival including a 75-year-old woman caught drink driving the wrong way through a roundabout.
There were plenty of celebrations on this side of the Tasman for the 156th Melbourne Cup.
Gina Rinehart - Australia's richest person - fell down a flight of stairs at a swanky Melbourne Cup event.
Melbourne Cup jockey's sporting gesture when placing second has met with an outpouring of praise.
Almandin has won the Melbourne Cup in a time of 3:20:59, pipping Heartbreak City on the line in a sprint finish to win the $6.2 million 'Great Race'.
Almandin has just taken out the $6.2 million race at Flemington Racecourse, beating Heartbreak City in a thrilling finish.
If Hartnell is a flat track bully then bring on the $6.2 million Melbourne Cup at Flemington today says champion Kiwi jockey James McDonald.
He's the obscenely-wealthy owner whose stable dominates world racing - and today he badly wants the Melbourne Cup.
The greatest horse race in the southern hemisphere slips into stride today at Flemington. Here's your online Melbourne Cup guide with a Kiwi flavour.
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.
Michelle Payne's Melbourne Cup win on Prince of Penzance struck a blow against sporting misogyny.
Will there ever be a more captivating image than jockey Michelle Payne embracing her Down syndrome brother Stevie seconds after dismounting?
Woman has $900 winnings stolen after she posted Melbourne Cup ticket with barcode on Facebook - and one of her "friends is responsible".
Woman in blue dress caught on camera pushing a police officer into a garden.
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.
It was an Auckland afternoon of shining thoroughbreds, dazzling dresses and regularly refilled glasses - all centred around a three-minute horse race in Melbourne.
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.