Who became the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup?

Michelle Payne became the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup.

Payne rode the 100-to-1 outsider Prince of Penzance to victory in the 2015 Melbourne Cup at Flemington. The win made her the first woman to ride the winner of Australia’s most famous race, and it became one of the sport’s best-known modern stories.

Prince of Penzance was trained by Payne’s brother, Darren Payne. Michelle Payne’s victory was especially notable because the horse was a long-priced outsider and had a relatively modest profile compared with several runners in the field.

The achievement is different from being the first woman to ride in the Melbourne Cup, a milestone reached by female jockeys before Payne’s win. Payne’s record concerns winning the race itself.