Past winners Gai Waterhouse and Sheila Laxon headline a list of six female trainers involved this year, with Just Fine and ...

Nine years after trailblazer Michelle Payne became the first woman to ride a Melbourne Cup winner, a record contingent of ...

Jamie Kah has won praise around the horse racing world for her ride aboard Okita Soushi in the Melbourne Cup, after falling ...

Almost a decade after Michelle Payne became the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup, a record four female riders are ...

You can’t win the Melbourne Cup without opportunities. I’m really looking forward to the jockeys’ presentation before the ...

Winona Costin remembers sitting in the Flemington grandstand watching Michelle Payne make history by winning the Melbourne ...

Trailblazing jockey Michelle Payne is the latest star to declare her love for tennis in our Celebrity Match series.

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Michelle Payne was the first woman jockey to win the Melbourne Cup in 2015 at odds of $100-1. Having recently relinquished her jockey licence, she will attend this year’s carnival as an ambassador.

Atop her trusty steed Prince of Penzance, Michelle Payne raced her way to the title of the first female jockey to ever win the Melbourne Cup in 2015. Nine years later, the trailblazer remains the only ...

Irish jockey Robbie Dolan is set to give his vocal chords their biggest workout since "The Voice" after delivering a ...