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.

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.

Blake Shinn, the reigning champion in Victoria, Australia, took a heavy fall two races after finishing sixth in the Melbourne Cup at Flemington

Melham surged by Ben’s mount soon after the bell rang, charging along the inside to challenge the leaders Middle Earth and Goodie Two Shoes. Middle Earth and Goodie Two Shoes felt the pinch late while Half Yours carried Melham to history as the first woman to complete the Caulfield and Melbourne Cup double.

Jamie Melham has become the second female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup, guiding Half Yours across the line first at Flemington Racecourse. The Australian is also the first woman to claim the Melbourne Cup-Caulfield Cup double.

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.

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.