Rank outsider Prince of Penzance wins Melbourne Cup at enormous oddsMichelle Payne first female jockey to ride Cup winnerMax Dynamite runs moment,with Criterion third 6.08am GMTOne final update from Brigid at FlemingtonIt’s just before 5pm and people are starting to leave the track to board a Flemington train bound for Flinders Street. It’s NOT a messy crowd, at least from near the members stand. Yes, and women have taken their shoes off,but the height of the heels would tire the most hardy sole (sorry). 5.59am GMTMore on Michelle Payne’s historic Melbourne Cup win atop Prince of PenzanceHere’s Bridie Jabour with a profile of the winning hoop, who might just be the biggest thing in Australian racing tomorrow morning if her brother Stevie hasn’t beaten her to it.
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Source: theguardian.com