Matt Hill drops into Little Roseberry cafe three days a week.

How 400,000km in an old Toyota,a single mum and a brush with death shaped Matt Hill’s career

Matt Hill is the face behind the voice that calls our most famous horse race. He is also a rising star of AFL broadcasting.

  • Danny Russell

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Flemington

How housing,hope and,yes,even horses have shaped this suburb

It’s home to Australia’s most famous racecourse,but there is so much more to Flemington.

  • Sophie Aubrey
Trainer Mike Moroney was farewelled at a Flemington memorial service on Tuesday.

He didn’t die wondering:A brother’s tribute to Cup-winning trainer

Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Mike Moroney was farewelled at a Flemington memorial service on Tuesday.

  • Danny Russell
Maree,Cathy and Bernadette Payne at Flemington.

Payne family mourns the loss of their sister,daughter

Bernadette Payne,a member of Victoria’s best-known racing families,has died at 51.

  • Danny Russell
The 2024 Melbourne Cup Carnival attracted the biggest crowd since 2018.

Flemington needed $35m to survive COVID. Now it says it makes the country $1b

The Victorian Racing Club says the Melbourne Cup is a huge money-spinner for the economy,despite the club operating at a loss.

  • Danny Russell
Mike Moroney and his brother Paul with 2000 Cup winner Brew.

‘You left us too soon’:Popular Melbourne Cup-winning trainer dies

The Flemington-based trainer became instantly recognisable around the world after his stayer Brew captured the 2000 Melbourne Cup.

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AFL backs grand final umpire’s role with Sportsbet horse racing show

Anti-gambling crusader Reverend Tim Costello believes it’s highly inappropriate for an AFL field umpire to be on the payroll of a major betting company as a horse racing analyst.

  • Scott Spits
Jockey Robbie Dolan (centre) hoists the Melbourne Cup with trainers Sheila Laxon and John Symons.

Trainers deny they owe $500,000 to company at the centre of Cup prizemoney fight

Esprit Racing was sent into liquidation this week,almost two months after the trainers’ $464,000 cut of last year’s Melbourne Cup prizemoney was paid into the company’s account by Racing Victoria.

  • Danny Russell andSarah Danckert
Melbourne Cup winner Knight’s Choice with trainer Sheila Laxon.

From fairytale finish to bureaucratic bungle:Legal fight over Melbourne Cup prizemoney

Three months have passed since 80-1 winner Knight’s Choice won the Cup,but trainers Sheila Laxon and John Symons are still waiting to be paid their share of the prizemoney.

  • Danny Russell andSarah Danckert
2024 was a massive year in sport.

Higher,faster,stronger ... smarter? Test your knowledge in the 2024 year in sport quiz

From the Demon,to Gout Gout,Oscar Piastri and Raygun,2024 was a massive year in the world of sport. How closely have you been following events? Take our quiz to find out.

  • Greg Dundas