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It's the first Tuesday in November and that means it's Melbourne Cup day and we have all your questions covered.

The race that stops the nation is upon us for another year! Melbourne Cup runner-by-runner preview, tips and suggested betting strategy here.

Father and son Irish trainers Aidan and Joseph O‘Brien have dominated Melbourne Cup headlines in recent years but one of Australasia’s most prominent racing families will be looking to steal centre stage in 2021.

Ahead of the 161st running of the Melbourne Cup, racing expert SIMON ODONNELL runs the rule over every run...

Rising food costs are leading Canadians to find new approaches to saving money, a recent study has found — such as using coupons and flyer apps for price-matching, and joining bulk buying groups.

Cup safety checks thrown into chaos as CT scanner breaks down with 16 of the 35 remaining acceptors still to be tested

Southland-owned stayer The Chosen One with be lining up in the Melbourne Cup for the third time next week.

Realm Of Flowers, rated a $12 chance in the Melbourne Cup is a shock withdrawal while the Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman-trained Quick Thinker has been scratched from the Caulfield Cup and retired after suffering a tendon injury.

Herald Sun racing reporter Gilbert Gardiner runs a rule over the $5m Group 1 Caulfield Cup field ahead of Saturday’s spring major and makes a case for and against each starter and he concedes, even allowing for a torrid draw Incentivise must command top billing.

PEORIA —  Quick quiz: what colors do you think lighted up the Murray Baker Bridge last weekend? Did you guess the hues of Old Glory? That wouldve made sense. You know, for that holiday — whatchamacallit? Oh, yeah: Independence Day.   But last weekend, the bridge wasnt red, white and blue. It was white, white and white. Those are the plain, ol colors for any plain, ol day.  Why? The city forgot about the Fourth of July. "It was an unfortunate oversight," city manager Patrick Urich ...