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JP McManus horse to run on world's richest raceday after 40/1 second in €5.9m contest
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JP McManus is aiming to have his first ever winner at the richest raceday in the world
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Melbourne Cup-winning jockey hit with ban after rival breaks leg
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She became the second female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup after finishing ahead of JP McManus' runner
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Irish-owned horse bought for €300 lands €330,000 Group 1 prize for Carberry racing dynasty in Australia
Willie Mullins
Thomas Carberry is the oldest son of legendary jockey and trainer Tommy Carberry and the brother of former top jockeys Paul, Philip and Nina Carberry, who is currently an MEP
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Punter loses six-figure sum after backing Irish runner in Melbourne Cup
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One punter lost a savage amount of cash on the Melbourne Cup
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JP McManus comes close to winning Melbourne Cup as history made in €5.6million race
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The Joseph O'Brien-trained six-year-old, sent off at odds of 40/1, finished second under Wayne Lordan
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‘I have to be careful what I say about the Melbourne Cup’ - Aidan O’Brien on prickly Aussies and why he never sets targets
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Last year's devastation was the latest in a long line of hard luck stories for Aidan O’Brien in Melbourne
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Irish trainers well represented as entries announced for €5.6million Melbourne Cup
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Aidan O'Brien, Willie Mullins and Dermot Weld all have multiple entries, while a JP McManus-owned horse could also run in it
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Shock as Willie Mullins-trained Cheltenham Festival hopeful sold to Australia for €1.2 million
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Rich Ricci owned six-year-old to remain in Australia after big money purchase Down Under
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Irish jockey helps mother of two win €2million after Melbourne Cup success
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Robbie Dolan won the Melbourne Cup as a mother of two pocketed a life-changing amount
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Irish jockey makes lifestyle admission after talent show star wins Australia's biggest race
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Dolan rode 100/1 shot Knight's Choice to glory in the Lexus Melbourne Cup in his first-ever ride in the famous race
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Ronan Keating gets last laugh after Aussie fans slam Melbourne Cup performance
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The 2024 Melbourne Cup was won by rank outsider Knight's Choice, with former singer on The Voice and jockey Robbie Dolan in the saddle.. Ronan Keating performed two of his hits before the runners were sent on their way
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Melbourne Cup best pictures as Ireland's Robbie Dolan wins 'race that stops a nation'
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The jockey celebrated with his family, as well as Ronan Keating, after the win
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Melbourne Cup prize money as Irish jockey scoops huge sum by winning race that stops a nation
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The Kildare jockey partnered the five-year-old to victory in Flemington as Absurde finished the best of Willie Mullins' two runners
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Meet Ireland's Melbourne Cup winning jockey Robbie Dolan who blew Rita Ora away with 'extraordinary' singing
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The Kildare rider partnered Knight’s Choice (100/1) to victory in "the race that stops a nation" at Flemington for joint-trainers John Symons and Sheila Laxon
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Willie Mullins gives Melbourne Cup reaction as Absurde finishes best of his two runners at Flemington
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The Closutton maestro fielded the same two horses as last year in the latest renewal of the two-mile Group One
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Melbourne Cup results: Irish jockey with double life wins race that stops a nation on 100/1 shot Knight’s Choice
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Kildare native and talented singer Robbie Dolan won the Melbourne Cup onboard Knight’s Choice
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Melbourne Cup start time, tips and Irish runners as Willie Mullins aims for famous win
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Willie Mullins runs Vauban and Absurde in the race that stops a nation
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Breeders’ Cup: Top jockey Hollie Doyle 'gutted' by wide draw for sprint star Bradsell
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Doyle has her work cut out to overcome the outside post 12 in the £724,000 5f contest at Del Mar on Saturday, in which husband Tom Marquand starts from 11 on Big Evs
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Hollie Doyle called up for Melbourne Cup after challenger snatches late spot
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British stables will now have two live challengers in the £4.5 million race after Sea King won the Bendigo Cup to join Onesmoothoperator in the field
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Fancied Irish-trained horse ruled out of Melbourne Cup after failed vet check in blow to connections
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Jan Brueghel will not run for Aidan O'Brien in the Melbourne Cup
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Willie Mullins plans confirmed for race he is desperate to win for first time
Willie Mullins
Willie Mullins has yet to taste victory in the Melbourne Cup
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Willie Mullins books three-time winning jockey for £4.5m Melbourne Cup runner
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The champion jumps trainer has secured the services of another ex-Godolphin rider to replace Frankie Dettori on Cheltenham Festival and Ebor winner Absurde
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Willie Mullins gamble feared by bookies on Saturday after big race win at York
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The Irish and British National Hunt champion trainer won the big flat handicap with Absurde 12 months ago
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Willie Mullins Flat star Vauban back on €5million Melbourne Cup path with York win
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Hotly fancied for Australia’s biggest race 12 months ago only to disappoint, the former hurdler recorded his first win of the year in the Lonsdale Cup
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