Hear what the jockeys had to say after the 2025 Melbourne Cup.
Hayden King
Last season’s leading Victorian rider Blake Shinn has been taken to hospital after a fall from She’s Got Pizzazz in Flemington’s ninth event on Melbourne Cup Day.
Jamie Melham has become just the second woman to win the Melbourne Cup, saluting on Half Yours a decade after Michelle Payne’s breakthrough win.
Favourite Gringotts has gone back-to-back in Randwick’s Listed $3 million Big Dance (1600m), again beating Vivvy Air for the second year running and giving his trainer Ciaron Maher the race trifecta.
Bunbury boy Damian Lane gets a chance to realise a teenage dream and complete an unfinished jigsaw in the Melbourne Cup when he rides relentless Japanese stayer Chevalier Rose in the nation’s biggest race.
William Pike chases a fourth Burgess Queen Stakes (1400m) at Ascot on Tuesday, partnering $17 outsider Moonwalk in the Listed $125,000 contest for Grant and Alana Williams.
Who are the riders to look out for in Tuesday’s great race? Racing writer Hayden King casts his eye over the hoops who could make the biggest impact.
In-form jockey Mark Zahra will need to rely on all his big race skill when he partners Irish raider Al Riffa in Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup (3200m) after the stallion was dealt an unfortunate blow in gate 19.
“Three to go.” They were the words of admiring trainer Bernie Miller after watching reigning WA Horse of the Year Jokers Grin successfully return in the Group 3 $200,000 Prince Of Wales Stakes (1000m) at Ascot
Warm favourite Observer justified his lofty reputation by landing the Group 1 $2 million Victoria Derby (2500m) at Flemington, dominating the race from the front under red-hot jockey Mark Zahra.
Observer will enter Saturday’s Group 1 $2 million Victoria Derby (2500m) as one of the shortest favourites in memory as the last start winner attempts to buck the trend of fancies in the race.
The trainer of Melbourne Cup favourite and last start Caulfield Cup winner Half Yours says he’s ‘better than ever’ as the Australian-bred horse attempts to defend an international assault on the race.
