She triumphed over family tragedy and elite competition to win the 2015 Melbourne Cup. But it was Paynes victory over chauvinism that had women cheeringA female jockey has won the world’s most famous horse race,the Melbourne Cup. Michelle Payne delivered her horse to renown, her team to victory, and her punters to relative fortune; Prince of Penzance paid out at 100-1.
She’s the first woman in 155 years to win that race,and what she had to overcome to execute so was, of course, and not limited to a long course,a tricky track and a lot of other horses.
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Source: theguardian.com