Trainer and jockey quotes following the Group 3 Ladbrokes Bendigo Cup won by Sayedaty Sadaty at Bendigo on Wednesday.

Trainer and jockey quotes following the Turners Crossing BM66 Handicap won by Tikemyson at Bendigo on Wednesday.

Payline will be out for a change of luck when he runs in the Damien Oliver at Flemington.

New Zealand-bred gelding Evaporate will be seeking to pick up the biggest cheque of his career when he heads to Randwick on Saturday to contest the A$10 million Golden Eagle (1500m).

He may already have a Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) win to his name but New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame trainer Chris Waller says he still yearns to win the Flemington showpiece as much as anyone.

Splash Back will chase a special win for Grahame Begg when she lines up in the Empire Rose Stakes at Flemington.

Chris Waller is chasing a fourth win in the Victoria Derby, this time with a pair of maiden gallopers.

Whilst Arrowfield Stud’s The Autumn Sun enjoyed a glorious October in Australia with multiple Group winners, his half-brother Azimpour continued to enhance the family’s reputation with a Listed victory in France.

Ethereum Girl and Perfect Night will be out to put their hands up for a Victoria Oaks start when they run in the Wakeful Stakes at Flemington.

The father-and-son training team of Tony and Calvin McEvoy will be hoping for better luck when Options lines up in the Victoria Derby at Flemington.

Autumn Glow will attempt to stretch her unbeaten sequence to eight when she lines up in the Golden Eagle at Randwick.

Changingoftheguard is assured of a Melbourne Cup start, and Tim Clark has been booked for the mount.

Melbourne Cup History by the numbers.

The measure of the Melbourne Cup’s aura was best exemplified by Mark Twain’s 1895 indulgence that “The Cup astonishes me”.