One X user posted: “Why is Half Yours, winner of the Melbourne Cup, bleeding from the mouth? Commentators ignoring it and no camera footage”. One X user called it “disgusting”. Former Aussie jockey Blake Spriggs, who retired this year, hit back at those criticising the treatment of the Melbourne Cup winner.

The escalating Melbourne crime crisis has continued to take its toll on small businesses with a popular Carlton café forced to shut at night after a destructive break in.

Australian jockey Jye McNeil has been hit with a monster ban following a dangerous act while riding in the Melbourne Cup. Half Yours has won the 165th Melbourne Cup with Aussie star Jamie Melham becoming the second female jockey to win the Great Race.

The 2025 Melbourne Cup has been won by Half Yours for jockey Jamie Melham and trainers Tony and Calvin McEvoy.

This afternoon's Melbourne Cup is expected to be on the slower side due to forecast rain. Up to 40 millimetres is expected to fall at Flemington through the day. New Zealand and Australia Racing Hall of Famer Bret Thomson says Flemington is good at draining water,

Melbourne Hospitality Holdings is proposing a 160-room hotel along with a 542-space parking garage in the Eau Gallie Arts District.

The first batch of brand-new trams has arrived at the recently-opened Maidstone Tram Depot, and they're set to make commuting a whole lot more pleasant

The story of the Cup is well known - first run in 1861 when won by the mighty Archer, and a grand stage for some of all-time greats such as Phar Lap (1930), Carbine (1890), Rising Fast (1954) and Makybe Diva, the only horse to win three, from 2003-05.