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Shayne Hope

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Melbourne cup fancies eye soft track in flemington rain - The Untold Story

Half Yours has sealed the Caulfield-Melbourne Cups double with a resounding win at Flemington. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

Superstar jockey Jamie Melham has created history as the first female jockey to complete the Caulfield-Melbourne Cups double by riding Half Yours to victory in the race that stops a nation.

A decade after Michelle Payne became the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup, close friend Melham matched the feat in stunning fashion on Half Yours for Ballarat-based father-son training duo Tony and Calvin McEvoy.

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