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The Melbourne Cup like you've never seen before 👀 The entire race from our drone and chopper #MelbourneCup
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.@LaneDamian reuniting with Silver Sonic at Shadai Farm after another successful weekend in Japan riding five winners. Will we see these two pair up in the Lexus Melbourne Cup?
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It’s a win for the ages as WITHOUT A FIGHT takes out the 2023 Lexus Melbourne Cup!
📽 @10SportAU | #MelbourneCup
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What did we just witness?! 🤯
KNIGHT'S CHOICE holds on to win the 2024 Lexus Melbourne Cup!
🎥 @wwos | #MelbourneCup | #MelbCupCarnival
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Big hugs for dad, winning his first Group 1 aboard the mighty Alligator Blood. #AusGuineas
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.@CWilliamsJockey and his wife Larysa have spent their Easter flying to Poland and then driving to the Ukraine border to deliver medical care packages 💛💙
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Without a ride between races 3 and 5, you could have excused Craig Williams (@CWilliamsJockey) for sitting back and enjoying a rare race off.
Instead he went out into the public to meet some of his fans. A true people's champion ❤️
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Ever wondered what a Group 1 race day looks like through the eyes of a world-class jockey?
Here is an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at a day in the life of @cwilliamsjockey as he takes on Black Caviar Lightning Race Day.
Full video: bit.ly/41hcxmF
#Flemington
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Lexus @MelbourneCup winner Robbie Dolan belting out the tunes with @Ronan official at the Crown Oaks lunch 😍🤯
#MelbourneCup2024 #crownoaks #MelbCupCarnival
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The wait is over!
Lexus Australia Melbourne Cup Day is here🤩
#MelbourneCup #MelbCupCarnival
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Jamie Kah's view of the photo finish in the Lexus Melbourne Cup 👀 Couldn't get much closer... onboard third placegetter OKITA SOUSHI.
🎥 @wwos | #MelbourneCup | #MelbCupCarnival
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See @CodySimpson LIVE & FREE today at @Emirates Stakes Day. Kids under 16 free with an adult. #EmiratesStakes
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It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the passing of 1992 Melbourne Cup winner, long-standing Clerk of the Course horse and racing hero Subzero at 32 years old.
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The 2023 Lexus Melbourne Cup called into Ritto Training Centre and caught up with Japanese leading jockey Yuga Kawada.
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The name of every groom who straps a horse in a Group 1 race over the #MelbCupCarnival will now be printed in the VRC racebook.
The groom of each race winner over Cup Week, will also receive an @AntlerLuggageOz backpack and a framed photo of their winning horse.
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It’s Group 1 glory for James Cummings and their star three-year-old filly ZARDOZI!
Congratulations for an awesome display to take out the 2023 Kennedy Oaks.
📽 @10SportAU | #OaksDay
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2019 @LexusAustralia #MelbourneCup runner-up @FellowesRacing’s Prince Of Arran will jump from barrier 1 in tomorrow’s ‘race that stops a nation’ looking to go one better than last year piloted by the current Victorian jockeys premiership leader @jamieleekah07. 📸 @heraldsunphoto
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Queen! Enable will now go on to contest her third Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe 🙌. How’s the celebration from @FrankieDettori ?!
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Together at last!
It was like they never left each other when Luke Nolen and #BlackCaviar were reunited yesterday.
#BCLightining
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HerStory 🤩
@jamieleemelham becomes the first female jockey ever to complete the Cups double, guiding HALF YOURS to victory in the 2025 Lexus Melbourne Cup.
🎥 @wwos | #MelbourneCup | #MelbCupCarnival
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Queen of the sprint 👑
The first of the three Group 1s and sprinting bragging rights go to IMPERATRIZ who claims the spoils in the Darley Champions Sprint (1200m).
📽 @10SportAU | #StakesDay
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Melburnians collectively held their breath as Almandin crossed the finish line. #champion #MelbourneCup #melbmoment
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Your 2023 Penfolds Victory Derby winner is RIFF ROCKET.
A powerful win by the promising three-year-old in the $2 Million Group 1 #DerbyDay feature.
📽 @10SportAU
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Look at her go 🙌
PRIDE OF JENNI wins the TAB Empire Rose Stakes in blistering style for the second time.
🎥 @wwos | #DerbyDay | #MelbCupCarnival
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MR BRIGHTSIDE wins the VRC Champions Mile 🙌
#stakesday #melbcupcarnival
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This is what it looks like to win a ticket into the race that stops a nation! Bring on the $7.3 million @Lexus #MelbourneCup! @FreedmanRacing #SteelPrince #RoadtotheCup
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Our retired heroes on show at the @Lexus #MelbourneCup Parade!
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She's done it again! 🙌
PRIDE OF JENNI can proudly add the title of Champion Miler to its CV with a stunning victory in the Kennedy Champions Mile.
📽 @10SportAU | #StakesDay
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The star of the turf shines again 🤩
VIA SISTINA wins the @tabcomau Champion Stakes to record her 12th Group 1 victory.
🎥 @wwos | #StakesDay | #MelbCupCarnival
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From one trailblazer to another 🙌
@mj_payne congratulates #MelbourneCup winning jockey @jamieleemelham, ten years after her own Melbourne Cup win.
🎥 @wwos | #MelbCupCarnival
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International Racing Expert for the VRC and Network 10, @francescacumani, is very excited to be at Flemington for the first time since 2019 to enjoy everything this Cup Week has to offer!
#MelbCupCarnival
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Thank you Australia for the memories we’ve created together over the past 160 years.
Melbourne Cup Carnival 2020.
#MelbCupCarnival
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Singing sensation @WillSinge says “It’s crazy to be back here” playing this time in #ThePark at #Flemington. #comeandplay #EmiratesStakes
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A warm hug from Dean Holland’s family after an emotional win for @jamieleekah07 💙
#RacingSpectacular #SuperSaturday
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It is with great sadness that the Victoria Racing Club advises that four-time Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Harry White has passed away. vrc.com.au/latest-news/four-…
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It’s a win for the ages as Gold Trip takes out the 2022 Lexus Melbourne Cup!
#MelbourneCup #MelbCupCarnival
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262,165 racegoers attended the greatest week on the global racing calendar! 👏 #MelbCupCarnival
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Feeling right at home! Time for a roll. #BlackCaviar
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It’s official! After 20 months, Multiplex have handed over the keys to the world-class Club Stand. In just a few months’ time #VRCMembers will get to fully experience the five-level Club Stand. But first we have to add the finishing touches!
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We’re thrilled to announce that two-time Olympic gold medallist swimmer Ariarne Titmus is our official ambassador for @lexus #MelbourneCup Day! A horse lover from a young age, Ariarne inspired the nation during the Tokyo Olympics. #LoveTheHorse
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Brew is the oldest Melbourne Cup winner at @LivingLegendsAU and it’s a privilege to have the 27yo visit us at Flemington today. ❤️
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Raise a glass 🥃
WHISKY ON A HILL proves too strong in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes to cap a stellar #StakesDay performance.
🎥 @wwos | #MelbCupCarnival
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The first thing Denis Pagan did this morning was head to the stables and give Johnny Get Angry a big hug. The @AAMI Victoria Derby champion has pulled up great!
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Just married!
Congratulations Laurelle and Taygen, what better way to celebrate tying the knot than a day at Flemington.
@paramountplusau #StakesDay
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Fast and fearless ⚡
GIGA KICK unleashes blistering speed down the Flemington straight to take out the VRC Champions Sprint.
🎥 @wwos | #StakesDay | #MelbCupCarnival
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There’s no hiding who strapped that winner! We love Sally’s emotion every time her four-legged friends from @GaiWaterhouse1 win at HQ.
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In 2012 it was James McDonald congratulating Brett Prebble on his Cup victory and today it was the other way around, with Prebble the first to congratulate McDonald on breaking his Cup Week record.
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What a career, it’s time to celebrate @StephenBaster!
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#BlackCaviar teaching Little Cav the ropes! Honour the champ mare on #BCLightning Day this Sat bit.ly/VRCFFoR
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Rob Slade the managing owner of Mimi’s Award has donated the winner’s trophy of the Deane Lester Flemington Cup to Deane’s mum Sandra ❤️
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All eyes on Sandown today as Jamie Kah attempts to make history and become the first jockey in Victoria to have 100 metropolitan wins in a single season.
Just one win to go, good luck Jamie!
#Kah100
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WOW! The superstar of Australian racing Via Sistina dominates the $3 million Group 1 TAB Champions Stakes. JMac with a perfect 10 ⭐
🎥 @wwos | #StakesDay | #MelbCupCarnival
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He’s back!
Following treatment for eye cancer Apache Cat has recovered well and we are very excited to welcome him back to #Flemington this Saturday for @JockeysTrust Race Day.
Be sure to pay him a visit in the Mounting Yard between races 3 and 4. #LovetheHorse
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Magic Wand's 2019 tour has covered America, England, Ireland, Dubai, Australia (including a win in the @SeppeltWine Mackinnon Stakes) and now Hong Kong where she finished second in the Hong Kong Cup. What an amazing mare! #LovetheHorse
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Today is also the last time we’ll see @StephenBaster ride at #Flemington. Wishing him a great final day!
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.@LivingLegendsAU have a new tenant!
Who Shot Thebarman this morning arrived at his new home, quickly becoming a favourite among visitors, we think he will fit right in!
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Without A Fight, all fresh and fabulous after winning the 2023 Lexus @MelbourneCup yesterday!
#MelbCupCarnival
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WOW! TAB Champions Stakes Day on Saturday 👀🔥
Via Sistina
Mr Brightside
Pride Of Jenni
Without A Fight
Giga Kick
Bella Nipotina
Atishu
Another Wil
Fangirl
Antino
Broadsiding
Stefi Magnetica
Duke De Sessa
Overpass
I Am Unstoppable
Estriella
Right To Party
Bellatrix Star
Pinstriped
Amelia's Jewel
Eliyass
Docklands
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Kennedy Oaks Day 💜
Let’s keep the good times rolling!
#OaksDay #MelbCupCarnival
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Congratulations to #EmiratesMelbourneCup winning jockey @KPMcEvoy and wife Cathy on the birth of their baby girl yesterday!
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The owners of winning horse Goldifox will be donating their winnings to those affected by the fires in Victoria.
An amazingly kind gesture 👏
#Flemington #VicFires
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NEWS: Flemington is now the final resting place for the enormously popular Red Cadeaux. bit.ly/21fqE6D
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With our boys amidst a battle for one of the world’s most coveted urns, a visit from a very special trophy of our own was in store at Headingley just before the 3rd Test! Good luck @CricketAus! #MelbourneCup
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James Cummings tells @racing that the @SeppeltWine Mackinnon Stakes on the final day of the #MelbCupCarnival may be the last time we see Hartnell race.
A wonderful career that we hope has a fairtytale finish.
#LovetheHorse
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Wishing 1999 #MelbourneCup winner Rogan Josh a happy 28th birthday! We hope the champion had a great day alongside his good friend Apache Cat. @LivingLegendsAU
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Retired racehorses from Racing Victoria’s @RV_OffTheTrack program! #Lovethehorse
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The rooftop with @chloewilsonsnd after the last race of the day!
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People’s champion Craig Williams had a break between races so he went out to teach the kids about following their dreams ❤️
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✨A feeling beyond words… Half Yours wins the 2025 Lexus Melbourne Cup
#MelbCupCarnival #CupDay
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Happy retirement Bivouac! After dominating Australia's premier sprint races at #Flemington in recent times the scintillating sprinter is off to stud at @DarleyStallions.
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"He is one of the best jockeys in the world"
@LaneDamian has returned after another successful stint overseas in Japan including winning the Japanese Derby! He has his eyes set on some big targets this Melbourne Cup Carnival! 🏆
#レーン #シルヴァーソニック
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Two-Up ✌🏼
“The greatest game of all”
The first legal game of Two-up was held at Flemington on April 25, 1991. And it has been a trademark of ANZAC Day Race Day at Headquarters ever since.
Join us this Thursday to pay your respects and celebrate the long standing tradition of Two-Up.
🎟️ tinyurl.com/Two-Up
#Flemington #ANZACDay #TwoUp
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The experts analyse how the race was won... #MelbourneCup
📽@10SportAU
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Craig Williams embracing his family after an emotional win.
@Lexus #MelbourneCup #MelbCupCarnival #LoveCupWeek
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WHAT A SUPERSTAR!! Mr Brightside with a stunning victory in the $3 million Champions Mile. Craig Williams with a peach of a ride.
🎥 @wwos | #StakesDay | #MelbCupCarnival
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