MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Michelle Payne became the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday when she rode the 100-1 outsider Prince of Penzance. SI Staff | Nov 3, 2015.

Tuesday sees the 154th instalment of the Melbourne Cup take centre stage in Melbourne, Australia, as the horse racing world’s eyes turn to the Flemington Racecourse for an event decorated in ...

Congrats are in order for Michelle J. Payne, who won this year’s Melbourne Cup on Tuesday. The 30-year-old Australian, who rode on the New Zealand-bred Prince of Penzance, becomes the first ...

Melbourne Cup prizemoney has officially increased to $10m with all starters to share in the bounty. The Cox Plate has also ...

Vow and Declare has won Australia’s most prestigious horse race, the Melbourne Cup, giving Australian jockey Craig Williams his first win at the event in 17 attempts.

Melbourne Cup fans have come back in force for the 163rd running of the “race that stops the nation” with 84,492 fans flocking to Flemington. Getty Images.

Twilight Payment won the 2020 Melbourne Cup, Australia’s most prestigious horse race, although the event was overshadowed by the death of Anthony Van Dyck, the Aidan O’Brien trained colt who ...

Like Payne, Costin will race a 100-1 chance in her first Melbourne Cup run, the aptly-named Positivity trained by Andrew Forsman. "I can't wait to get out there," the 30-year-old told Australian ...

Charlie Appleby's lightly weighted 3-year-old Cross Counter, given a wonderful ride by Kerrin McEvoy, handed Britain and Godolphin a first success in the Lexus Melbourne Cup (G1).