Jockey Melham becomes the first woman to win the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup double, only second woman jockey to win the latter.
Flemington
In Australia on Tuesday afternoon (Monday night EST), the 165th Melbourne Cup takes place and the weather might be tricky.
The 5-year-old horse had just one career win coming into the 'race that stops a nation' but powered to victory in front of 73,000 fans.
A field of 24 will go in the 3,200 metre Melbourne Cup (G1) at Flemington Racecourse in Victoria, Australia.
As Aidan O'Brien, one of the world's leading trainers, tries to win his first Melbourne Cup, his favoured Tiger Moth drew a tough post, 23.