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Twilight Payment wins Melbourne Cup marred by tragedy
AFP, Published on 03/11/2020
» MELBOURNE - Irish raider Twilight Payment won the coveted Aus$8.0 million (US$5.5 million) Melbourne Cup on Tuesday in a race run without spectators and marred by the death of English Derby winner Anthony Van Dyck.
Twilight Payment wins spectator-free Melbourne Cup
AFP, Published on 03/11/2020
» MELBOURNE - Irish raider Twilight Payment won the coveted Aus$8.0 million (US$5.5 million) Melbourne Cup at an eerily quiet Flemington on Tuesday, with the "race that stops a nation" run behind closed doors for the first time.
Australia's Vow and Declare wins Melbourne Cup thriller
AFP, Published on 05/11/2019
» MELBOURNE: Australian gelding Vow and Declare won the coveted A$8.0 million (US$5.5 million) Melbourne Cup at Flemington on Tuesday as revelations about the grim fate of retired racehorses were put to one side as punters streamed through the turnstiles.
Melbourne Cup tickets to help fund retired horse welfare
AFP, Published on 28/10/2019
» SYDNEY - Australia's racing industry on Monday pledged millions of dollars for the care of retired racehorses, as it scrambles to address the fallout from animal cruelty allegations that sparked a major outcry.
Probe ordered into 'industrial' slaughter of Aussie racehorses
AFP, Published on 22/10/2019
» SYDNEY: The secret and "industrial scale" killing of retired Australian racehorses will be examined in a government inquiry, officials said Tuesday, after an outcry over alleged animal cruelty.
Yes Yes Yes wins Everest turf race
AFP, Published on 19/10/2019
» SYDNEY: Yes Yes Yes, trained by Chris Waller who steered Winx on an incredible, unbeaten 33-race run, stunned favourite Santa Ana Lane to win the world's richest turf, The Everest, in Sydney Saturday.
'Mass slaughter' of Australian racehorses rocks industry
AFP, Published on 18/10/2019
» SYDNEY: Australia's thoroughbred industry was reeling on Friday after an investigation revealed the mass, and sometimes inhumane, killing of thousands of retired horses, with their meat destined for human and pet consumption.
Queen Elizabeth II reveals ownership 'thrill'
AFP, Published on 16/06/2015
» ASCOT (UNITED KINGDOM) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II spoke of the "thrill" of being a racehorse owner as she attended Tuesday's first day of this year's Royal Ascot meeting, south-west of London.
Champion mare Black Caviar retires after 25 wins
AFP, Published on 17/04/2013
» Champion mare Black Caviar, widely considered the world's greatest sprinter, was retired Wednesday after 25 consecutive race wins, and will now begin a lucrative breeding career.