the ultimate goal wasn't the Melbourne Cup, it was the Cox Plate. "She peaked and peaked unbelievably highly. The rating tells you that because she's now rated the number one horse in the world.

In the Autumn after the 1952 Melbourne Cup, Dalray’s career was cut short by injury, winning the Queen’s Plate at Flemington but three days later broke down and was retired. A determined ...

Time finally ran out on Dan Excel's Cox Plate ambitions in Melbourne yesterday ... Whyte all have mounts in the A$3 million Caulfield Cup (2,400m). Whyte has been booked for Chris Waller-trained ...

Hamdan, who died aged 75 on Wednesday morning, tasted Melbourne Cup success with At Talaq in 1986 and Jeune in 1994 before winning a Cox Plate in 1989 with Almaarad along with Caulfield Cup ...