Makybe Diva becomes first mare to win Australia&#39;s biggest horse ...
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Defending champion Makybe Diva won the $4.2-million Cdn Melbourne Cup on Tuesday to become the first mare in the 144-year history of Australia&#39;s most famous horse race to win twice.
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MAKYBE Diva, the shortest-priced favourite to win the Melbourne Cup in 50 years, inspired a record $126 million betting frenzy on the nation&#39;s TABs today.
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Cian O&#39;Connor has claimed Ireland&#39;s first ever equestrian Olympic medal by winning the individual show jumping gold in Athens as rivals ahead of him faltered.
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WHAT looks the simplest of Melbourne Cups on paper is potentially the platform for a huge upset. Makybe Diva is a solid $4 favourite and is expected to win the race - Vinnie Roe is the only one close to
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The racing future of the dual Melbourne Cup winner Makybe Diva is likely to be overseas. She has already made history by becoming the first mare to win back to back cups and only the fourth horse in the race&#39;s
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Bago handed the Niarchos family its first Prix de l&#39;Arc de Triomphe in stunning style at Longchamp racecourse on Sunday. The three-year-old colt (7-1), ridden by Thierry Gillet and trained by Chantilly-based
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WITH the heavens set to open over Melbourne this morning, one of Australia&#39;s biggest bookmakers predicts a rush of money so large for Irish galloper Vinnie Roe that he will become the new favourite for today&#39;s Melbourne Cup.
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A LEGEND will be fondly farewelled and another will gallop into history in today&#39;s $3 million Cox Plate. Record crowds are expected at Moonee Valley to watch the weight-for-age championship of Australasia.
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MAKYBE Diva joined racing&#39;s immortals with a commanding win in the $4.6 million Melbourne Cup today. Backed into 5-2 favouritism by a flood of money from around the country, she became the first mare to win
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Dual Melbourne Cup champion Makybe Diva will be most likely set for next year&#39;s Prix de l&#39;Arc de Triomphe in France. Trainer Lee Freedman has long held an ambition to win Europe&#39;s most famous race and while
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Rain and strong winds in the Australian city of Melbourne is expected to bring a swag of international horses back into contention for the nation&#39;s best known horse race, the Melbourne Cup.
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A Dallas native, Pletcher won his first Breeders&#39; Cup race in the first Breeders&#39; Cup race run in the state of Texas when his filly Ashado captured the $2 million Breeders&#39; Cup Distaff on Saturday at Lone Star Park.
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ELMONT, New York  - Rags to Riches became the first filly to win the Belmont Stakes in 102 years when she won a thrilling stretch duel with Preakness champion Curlin on Saturday to triumph by a head.
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Azeri, who was Horse of the Year in 2002, won divisional titles in 2002 and 2003, and this year became North America&#39;s winningest female runner of all-time in purse money, was
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MELBOURNE: Two dancers and a diva can cut an artistic flourish to the finish of today&#39;s Melbourne Cup, but if Irish champion Vinnie Roe starts in the race, the calls of &quot;bravo&quot; are more likely to be for him.
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Makybe Diva thwarted a mighty effort from Vinnie Roe at a stormlashed Flemington racecourse today by becoming the first mare in history to win the Melbourne Cup two years running.
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While their sporting name might be more synonymous with horse racing, Ahmed al-Maktoum achieved a gold medal for his famous family yesterday on an historic afternoon of shooting.