Twenty-three years ago Shelia Laxon was the first female trainer to win the Melbourne Cup when Ethereal won the Caulfield-Melbourne Cup double.

The Australian-bred horse triumphed over a field which included a record four female jockeys.

The Australia-trained gelding Knight's Choice has won the 164th running of Australia's premier horse race the Melbourne Cup at odds of 80-1. The unfancied five-year-old was well back turning for home in the two mile handicap at the Flemington racecourse. But Ireland-born jockey Robbie Dolan threaded a path through the…

The three New Zealand horses in the Melbourne Cup are all at long odds.

Red is proving to be all the rage as Australia's fashion set step out at Flemington.