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'Payne shows it can be done'

Australian Michelle Payne has become the first female jockey to win the world's richest horse race - the 6.2 million dollar Melbourne Cup.

Payne rode the 100 to 1 outsider Prince of Penzance to victory and British jockey Hayley Turner hopes it can be the start of a brighter future for female jockeys:

(Picture: Michelle Payne, credit: Getty Images)

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