Melbourne Cup

British

noun

an annual horse race run in Melbourne, since 1861

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Half Yours has won the Melbourne Cup, with Jamie Melham becoming only the second female jockey to win Australia's most famous horse race.

From BBC

Half Yours heads into Tuesday's Melbourne Cup as short-priced favourite ahead of Valiant King and Al Riffa, setting the scene for a woman jockey to win Australia's "race that stops a nation" for only the second time.

From Barron's

"It was a beautiful ride she gave to Half Yours in the Caulfield Cup and it's much different to me riding a 100-1 shot in the Melbourne Cup," Payne told reporters.

From Barron's

"Riding the favourite, like she did in the Caulfield Cup, she took it all in her stride and gave him the perfect ride to win the race and also to prepare for a Melbourne Cup."

From Barron's

New Zealand's Maree Davey was the first woman jockey to saddle up at the Melbourne Cup in 1987.

From Barron's

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