Melham surged by Ben’s mount soon after the bell rang, charging along the inside to challenge the leaders Middle Earth and Goodie Two Shoes. Middle Earth and Goodie Two Shoes felt the pinch late while Half Yours carried Melham to history as the first woman to complete the Caulfield and Melbourne Cup double.

Australian jockey Jye McNeil has been hit with a monster ban following a dangerous act while riding in the Melbourne Cup. Half Yours has won the 165th Melbourne Cup with Aussie star Jamie Melham becoming the second female jockey to win the Great Race.

Ten years after watching entranced as Michelle Payne rode to Melbourne Cup glory, Jamie Melham was welcomed into the two-member club of winning women jockeys at "the race that stops the nation" by her hero on Tuesday.

One X user posted: “Why is Half Yours, winner of the Melbourne Cup, bleeding from the mouth? Commentators ignoring it and no camera footage”. One X user called it “disgusting”. Former Aussie jockey Blake Spriggs, who retired this year, hit back at those criticising the treatment of the Melbourne Cup winner.

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Jamie Melham has become the first woman to win the prestigious Caulfield Cup-Melbourne Cup double with a brilliant ride aboard Half Yours, a decade after Michelle Payne smashed racing’s glass ceiling.

The escalating Melbourne crime crisis has continued to take its toll on small businesses with a popular Carlton café forced to shut at night after a destructive break in.

Melbourne Hospitality Holdings is proposing a 160-room hotel along with a 542-space parking garage in the Eau Gallie Arts District.

History was made at the Melbourne Cup as Jamie Melham claimed victory, but there were serious concerns for hurts horses and an injured jockey, while the fashions took over Flemington.