Sir Delius’s owner insists he should claimed the famed Cox Plate-Melbourne Cup double last year and is in two minds about whether to be on track at Flemington for Saturday’s Cox Plate.

Melbourne Cup favourite Sir Delius has been ruled out of the famous race, and next week’s Cox Plate, by Racing Victoria (RV) stewards. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained five-year-old won the ...

But it now appears that the $9 Melbourne Cup favourite is “quite unlikely” to run in the great race in 2026. After Sir Delius had his spring turned upside down last year when being withdrawn from the ...

Champion jockey Craig Williams knows Cox Plate favourite Sir Delius needs to lift to add a Cox Plate to his resume, but ...

Sir Delius was left flat-footed turning for home first-up but stuck on over the final stages. Waterhouse said the rise in trip would be ideal on Saturday, although there was room for improvement ahead ...

Melbourne Cup favourite Sir Delius has been ruled out of the race by vets in a huge blow to the £5 million event. It has become a requirement to run in the so-called ‘race that stops a nation’ that ...

Gai Waterhouse says she has space on the mantlepiece for a Cox Plate trophy that would be a nice addition to the ones she has ...

The report from those experts based in Australia, the UK and USA were of the view Sir Delius was at a heightened risk of injury. Sir Delius was high up in markets for both the Cox Plate (2040m) at ...

Gai Waterhouse has a space on the mantelpiece saved for the Cox Plate, which would complete the Hall of Fame’s ...

Gai Waterhouse has won virtually every feature race on the Australian calendar yet one race has eluded racing’s First Lady’s ...

You've used all of your gift articles. 3 more will become available on the 1st of every month. Trainer Adrian Bott was focused on a belated shot at the Cox Plate (2040m) with Sir Delius after the rich ...