'He's Like Tom Cruise': Mentor Hails Cup-Winning Jockey

'He's like Tom Cruise': mentor hails Cup-winning jockey

A mentor of Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Ethan Brown has recalled being asked for help at a bucks party before the young star's rise up the ranks.

Ethan Brown reconsidered riding after his brush with death. Now he’s a Melbourne Cup champion

From Alice Springs to a hospital bed, to the winners’ stall of the Melbourne Cup: Ethan Brown is glad he stayed in the saddle.

Cup-winning jockey triumphs three years after brush with death

‘It was very hard at times and at one stage I didn’t think I was going to come back.’

‘I said I was done’: How Melbourne Cup-winning jockey faced death and won

Ethan Brown achieved what every Australian jockey strives for when he steered home superstar colt Point of Law to a dominant win in the 2026 Melbourne Cup.