Melbourne, Nov 3, 2025 (AFP) - Half Yours favourite at Australia's 'race that stops a nation'

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2025-11-03

Half Yours heads into Tuesday's Melbourne Cup as short-priced favourite ahead of Valiant King and Al Riffa, setting the scene for a woman jockey to win Australia's "race that stops a nation" for only the second time. First run in 1861, the punishing 3,200-metre (two-mile) handicap at Flemington is regarded as the ultimate test of stamina and staying power. In all those years, only one woman has tasted victory. That was Michelle Payne, who famousl......

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