‘It shocked me’: The series of events that ended Michelle Payne’s riding career
The first woman to ride the winner of the Melbourne Cup has revealed why she is walking away from a career that made her a..
Sydney Morning Herald
Melbourne Cup
Annual Thoroughbred horse race in Melbourne, Australia
The Melbourne Cup is an annual Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race held in Melbourne, Australia, at the Flemington Racecourse. It is a 3200-metre race for three-year-olds and older, conducted by the Victoria Racing Club that forms part of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival. It is the richest two-mile handicap in the world and one of the richest turf races. The event starts at 3:00 pm on the first Tuesday of November and is known locally as "the race that stops the nation".
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