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 to victory in Australia's richest horse race.
Australian jockey Michelle Payne (L) poses with the winner's trophy during a Melbourne Cup Carnival press conference on November 4, 2015, after she became the first female jockey to win the cup when she rode outsider Prince of Penzance to victory (AFP Photo/Mal Fairclough)
Michelle Payne riding Zanbagh before Race 8, the Ross Stevenson Trophy during Melbourne Racing at Flemington Racecourse on April 11, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Vince Caligiuri/Getty Images)
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 03: Michelle Payne riding Prince Of Penzance wins race 7 the Emirates Melbourne Cup on Melbourne Cup Day at Flemington Racecourse on November 3, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Michael Dodge/Getty Images)
Jockey Michelle Payne and the trainer Michael Kent chat after Payne rode of Partiva to victory after in the Skilled Group Plate during the Emirates Stakes Day meeting held at Flemington Race Course November 10, 2007 in Melbourne, Australia.
Michelle Payne runs on the track to inspect it before riding Lake Sententia in race 9 the Eliza Park International Stakes during Cox Plate Day at Moonee Valley Racecourse on October 26, 2013 in Melbourne, Australia.
Jockeys Michelle Payne and Craig Williams inspect the course proper during Geelong Cup Day at Geelong Racecourse on October 21, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia.
Australian jockey Michelle Payne (L) poses with the winner's trophy during a Melbourne Cup Carnival press conference on November 4, 2015, after she became the first female jockey to win the cup when she rode outsider Prince of Penzance to victory (AFP Photo/Mal Fairclough)
Michelle Payne riding Zanbagh before Race 8, the Ross Stevenson Trophy during Melbourne Racing at Flemington Racecourse on April 11, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Vince Caligiuri/Getty Images)
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 03: Michelle Payne riding Prince Of Penzance wins race 7 the Emirates Melbourne Cup on Melbourne Cup Day at Flemington Racecourse on November 3, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Michael Dodge/Getty Images)
Jockey Michelle Payne and the trainer Michael Kent chat after Payne rode of Partiva to victory after in the Skilled Group Plate during the Emirates Stakes Day meeting held at Flemington Race Course November 10, 2007 in Melbourne, Australia.
Michelle Payne runs on the track to inspect it before riding Lake Sententia in race 9 the Eliza Park International Stakes during Cox Plate Day at Moonee Valley Racecourse on October 26, 2013 in Melbourne, Australia.
Jockeys Michelle Payne and Craig Williams inspect the course proper during Geelong Cup Day at Geelong Racecourse on October 21, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia.
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