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Melbourne Cup Day preview

The Melbourne Cup’s 150th running is shaping up as one of the race’s most memorable contest. And Ben Asgari predicts that despite the overwhelming sentiment behind Bart Cummings and So You Think, it could be someone else’s lucky day.

Cox Plate not a one-horse race

As the odds-on favourite, So You Think has commanded most of the attention ahead of the Cox Plate, but as Evan Harding writes, there are some high-class thoroughbreds ready to spoil the party.

Melbourne Cup preview

Upstart’s racing writer Ben Asgari says this year’s Melbourne Cup looks like a match race between a previous Cup winner trained by Bart Cummings, and a relatively inexperienced contender who has won his last four races.

Melbourne Cup Day preview

The Melbourne Cup’s 150th running is shaping up as one of the race’s most memorable contest. And Ben Asgari predicts that despite the overwhelming sentiment behind Bart Cummings and So You Think, it could be someone else’s lucky day.

Cox Plate not a one-horse race

As the odds-on favourite, So You Think has commanded most of the attention ahead of the Cox Plate, but as Evan Harding writes, there are some high-class thoroughbreds ready to spoil the party.

Melbourne Cup preview

Upstart’s racing writer Ben Asgari says this year’s Melbourne Cup looks like a match race between a previous Cup winner trained by Bart Cummings, and a relatively inexperienced contender who has won his last four races.

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Unstable stayers

The unpredictability of the Melbourne Cup means lead-up form often counts for little, writes Tom Parker.

Melbourne Cup Day preview

The Melbourne Cup’s 150th running is shaping up as one of the race’s most memorable contest. And Ben Asgari predicts that despite the overwhelming sentiment behind Bart Cummings and So You Think, it could be someone else’s lucky day.

Cox Plate not a one-horse race

As the odds-on favourite, So You Think has commanded most of the attention ahead of the Cox Plate, but as Evan Harding writes, there are some high-class thoroughbreds ready to spoil the party.

Melbourne Cup preview

Upstart’s racing writer Ben Asgari says this year’s Melbourne Cup looks like a match race between a previous Cup winner trained by Bart Cummings, and a relatively inexperienced contender who has won his last four races.

Cox Plate preview

Will Whobegotyou consolidate his status as Australia’s best horse? Could trainer Bart Cummings follow up his Caulfield Cup quinella with a win for three year-old So You Think? Upstart’s racing writer Ben Asgari previews Australia’s most prestigious weight-for-age contest.