Go with the tried and true for Cup

DESPITE excellent trials from other contenders on Saturday, the two-mile specialists €“ those trainers with previous success in the Melbourne Cup €“ seem to have the Big One again sewn up this year.

Lush And Leafy Legacy Lives On

Borne out of a garden dream, Blackburn has held close to its heritage, writes Mary Costello.

New Photos Revealed Of Killed Pair

PREVIOUSLY unpublished pictures of Nowra Hill murder victims Kathryn McKay and her husband, Greg Hosa, were released by their family yesterday.

City Escapes - Yarra Valley

Yering Gorge has 12 new cottages - handy bases for grazing in the valley.

Burning Drums Hide Remains From Bikers

WHILE mountain biking in the Tomerong State Forest on a Sunday morning two years ago, a couple noticed two 44-gallon drums with flames and smoke rising out of them.

O'bree Goes The Distance

Consistent Magpie proves a real stayer, Michael Gleeson reports.

Just The Kind Of Horse To Get You Out Of Bed

VICKI Smith decided her retired husband Graham needed "an interest" so she bought him a horse.

Rare Opportunity For Horse Lovers

CABBAGE Tree Stables has become a prominent name in equestrian circles during the past decade.

Wide Range Of Options

DUAL zoning is a feature of an approximately 1.2ha Cardiff Heights property to be auctioned next Saturday afternoon. A section of about 8000sq metres is suitable for residential subdivision. Another section, of about 3800sq metres, could be used as a hobby farm or for horse agistment. Palms an

With No Jobs, There Is No Place Like Home

The real estate signs offer ``unsurpassable" and ``city/country" living. They promise the potential to ``build your dream home". There are notices advertising horse agistment and street names like Gymkhana Court. Kathy and Wayne Mercer moved to the promised lands of outer suburbia

Couple Faces $60,000 Loss

GINA AND TED TURNER and their two young children live on the north- eastern side of Woodend. All of the eastern bypass options being considered by Vic-Roads come close to their 10-hectare property, where Gina runs a horse agistment business, but the preferred eastern option might mean they would los

Tax Scams By Horse Owners Now The Target

An increasing number of businesspeople and racing identities are using generous tax concessions available to the thoroughbred horse industry to avoid tax, an investigation has shown. In one case, a businessman claimed to be a horse breeder with 10 horses -but six were geldings, incapable