The full field for the 2025 Melbourne Cup has been set with 24 horses competing for the greatest prize in Australian horse racing.

Around the world, the age-old sport of horse racing is facing existential threats from multiple sides. In the United States, ...

Men in Australia caught transporting horses despite ban on shipment due to equine influenza. First horse death due to EI reported. Six men in Queensland and one in New South Wales have been caught ...

The four Cup contenders will need to be re-examined by Racing Victoria vets, after Absurde, Flatten The Curve and Goodie Two ...

A member of a small herd of Brumbies, affectionally named 'the welcoming committee' by local horse watchers, rests in deep snow in Australia's Kosciuszko National Park.Brook Mitchell/Getty Images The ...

Searing summer heat in Australia continues to break records with the highest temperature ever recorded by a major city on Thursday as the conditions are also being blamed for the deaths of dozens of ...

For years, the racing industry has been quietly removing falls and deaths from its replays. Now, industry insiders are ...

It is never too early to start combing through the Melbourne Cup entries ahead of the race that stops a nation.To save time, ...

Australian quarantine officials Tuesday denied the import ban on horses would be lifted. Meryl Stanton, executive director of the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) told the ...

“Threatened native species are in danger of extinction and the entire ecosystem is under threat. We must take action,” NSW’s environment minister Penny Sharpe said. “This was not an easy decision, no ...

NEW SOUTH WALES, Australia -- Sometimes you just want McDonald's ice cream and sometimes you're a horse. That was the case for one tiny horse in Australia. The horse was spotted in the drive-thru at a ...

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