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Claims the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup double By JOSH ALSTON, SPORTS REPORTER Published: 23:17 EDT, 3 November 2025 | Updated: 23:30 EDT, 3 November 2025 A decade on from Michelle Payne making history at Flemington, Jamie Melham has become the first female to claim the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Double aboard Half Yours. Payne became the first woman to win the Melbourne Cup in 2015 and was on hand to watch Melham surpass her feat, by claiming the rare double. Goodie Two Shoes was beaten to take second place followed by Middle Earth and River of Stars. undefinedundefined Full Screen (F) Play (SPACE) Read More (Shift + O) ?lit$217979056$? Continue watchingafter the adVisit Advertiser websiteGO TO PAGE But it was the five-year-old gelding that found the gaps and stormed home to claim a memorable victory, with an emotional Melham capping off a huge year. 'This is what we do it for,' she said. 'This is why we get up out of every morning, 4am, work our a***s off ... this industry., it's tough. It's not all glorious and perfect. Jamie Melham has made history by winning the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup in the same year An emotional Melham revealed her grandfather died a week before the big race and helped guide her to victory from beyond Shohei Ohtani's wife makes rare appearance to celebrate World Series 36.2k viewing now How your dodgy Fire Stick leads the police right to your door 6.5k viewing now Diddy spotted with well-known sports star-turned-convict in prison 22k viewing now 'I've had an amazing year. Amazing year. Got married, had some really great days on the track, but nothing ever, ever compares to this feeling right now I'm feeling.' Melham dedicated the win to her grandfather, who watched her win the Caulfield Cup, but died before he could see her win the Melbourne Cup. 'I have to mention my grandpa. He died last week. The last race was the Caulfield Cup,' she said. 'And he was such a big supporter of mine. So he's up there opening those gaps for me because I needed a few gaps open then. She also thanked her husband Ben, who rode Smokin' Romans, making them the first married couple to contest the Melbourne Cup together. Melham also admitted she threw her husband a cheeky sledge as she stormed past him in the final jostle for positions. 'I said move over Ben coming through. And then the next gap was extremely tight. I had no say. My horse just took me through it and it was tight,' she said. 'I just wanted to jump off that horse and not talk to anyone, just hug the horse. I wanted to give him a big hug. What a champion.' Full order of finishing from first to last: 1. Half Yours 2. Goodie Two Shoes 3. Middle Earth 4. River of Stars 5. Torranzino 7. Al Riffa MORE TO FOLLOW Share or comment on this article: See where your runner finished in the Melbourne Cup won by Jamie Melham on Half Yours in historic and emotional scenes Add comment
